tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post232346915431181675..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Living in a Multilingual World (The One About Language in our Post-Truth Times)A Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-43766759578831595992017-03-19T16:00:21.779+00:002017-03-19T16:00:21.779+00:00Yes we live in times that are very difficult for t...Yes we live in times that are very difficult for translators! I agree with Lady Fi's comment too, translators make new literatureCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-54734716637311832362017-03-18T14:28:19.456+00:002017-03-18T14:28:19.456+00:00Monsieur Trump is a bad translation. Premier Trum...Monsieur Trump is a bad translation. Premier Trump or Czar Trump might be better, even better in Russian! And I was embarrassed by George Bush 2.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-85210760031756544652017-03-18T06:34:59.765+00:002017-03-18T06:34:59.765+00:00So true! Translators actually make new literature ...So true! Translators actually make new literature with their translations....Lady Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181866510595193667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-3415095820062475822017-03-18T01:39:24.069+00:002017-03-18T01:39:24.069+00:00Anyone who thinks words matter, that truth matters...Anyone who thinks words matter, that truth matters, is affected by today's Bizarro world where too many of our leaders respect neither the truth nor the people they're allegedly serving. I keep telling myself this, too, shall pass, but how much havoc will he wreak before he's outta there? (As for his hair, you'd think someone with bazillions of dollars could afford a decent haircut...)<br /><br />Have a super weekend!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-13232914648471141062017-03-18T01:22:30.525+00:002017-03-18T01:22:30.525+00:00I think you, CiL, and most of your readers feel/th...I think you, CiL, and most of your readers feel/think about Donald Trump the way I felt/thought about Barack Obama. Obama will always stand as the "divider in chief" to me -- the man who said, "My way or the highway."<br /><br />Although I agree with much of what Trump advocates, I do either hit the mute button or change channels when I see his face or hear his voice on television. I think him very unappealing to look at and to listen to, and his hand gestures absolutely drive me up the wall. He actually seems very feminine to me.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48039460807917534622017-03-17T07:28:37.222+00:002017-03-17T07:28:37.222+00:00Post-truth presidents, alternative facts,... Yes, ...Post-truth presidents, alternative facts,... Yes, this is a scary era. Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-37934351144742234772017-03-17T06:09:10.298+00:002017-03-17T06:09:10.298+00:00This is funny, and powerful. Oh, what's happen...This is funny, and powerful. Oh, what's happening in the world lately is just crazy.Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-15792363573400060242017-03-17T03:44:52.421+00:002017-03-17T03:44:52.421+00:00Crazy times we are living in right now. Feel like...Crazy times we are living in right now. Feel like I am in some alternative universe.likeschocolatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733431135937009206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-19903255123433855992017-03-16T19:50:58.829+00:002017-03-16T19:50:58.829+00:00I think we should stop listening to him and start ...I think we should stop listening to him and start listening to, heeding the words of Bannon. He is the man who sits at the helm directing all the cretin's in front of him who carry out his word as if he was the messiah. Every word that comes out of his mouth and hence of the top idiot, are designed to distract us from the devastation of the bills they have passed. (the slow and steady death of democracy) He is quietly slipping his evil plan under the door and using the big idiot to mask it, with his silllly and comic words.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-1490230994531240072017-03-16T16:15:59.105+00:002017-03-16T16:15:59.105+00:00Pretty pathetic how the so-called facts get shoved...Pretty pathetic how the so-called facts get shoved down our throats while the truth gets swept under the rug.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86320122443192081432017-03-16T15:30:37.122+00:002017-03-16T15:30:37.122+00:00Hi ACIL - we have certainly set ourselves up for a...Hi ACIL - we have certainly set ourselves up for a difficult life in the near future - and language is evolving, evolving ... spelling just doesn't work and so it goes on - it is a worrying period ...<br /><br />Please keep us informed - someone has to make sense or otherwise of what's out there ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-20588751057218675642017-03-16T15:20:05.338+00:002017-03-16T15:20:05.338+00:00We live in complicated times, where language can b...We live in complicated times, where language can be used to deliberately confuse or dissemble. Which makes the translator's task not simply one of finding the 'right, word, but also an conveying an ethical postition that is increasingly complex. JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-17494923503526239852017-03-16T11:55:47.460+00:002017-03-16T11:55:47.460+00:00Yes, that's some hair style! The hair and the ...Yes, that's some hair style! The hair and the hand gestures turn my stomach but Trump has succeeded where others failed - i.e. getting me to read and listen to the news. Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-2770933161586229662017-03-16T05:16:15.407+00:002017-03-16T05:16:15.407+00:00You can only imagine how we feel here. It's li...You can only imagine how we feel here. It's like being in a strange dream. It's not quite a nightmare but it's uncomfortably warped.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-60014201056778490982017-03-15T19:07:30.777+00:002017-03-15T19:07:30.777+00:00Sigh. The alternative factoids brigade are rising...Sigh. The alternative factoids brigade are rising the world over.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-5459592390030934012017-03-15T18:27:57.745+00:002017-03-15T18:27:57.745+00:00Another group I hadn't realized was impacted b...Another group I hadn't realized was impacted by the calamity occurring in Washington. Those sticky tentacles reach everywhere.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-70246253951103210752017-03-15T18:23:16.740+00:002017-03-15T18:23:16.740+00:00It's a sad day when we can't depend on our...It's a sad day when we can't depend on our president to tell the truth. I've had candidates lose before but I still respected them. Not this time.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-47840618029537542242017-03-15T18:20:54.208+00:002017-03-15T18:20:54.208+00:00I laughed when I saw the photo. LOL! And I laugh...I laughed when I saw the photo. LOL! And I laughed sarcastically when Trump said a few weeks ago "I am the most UNracist person you will ever meet.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.com