List: Language | Curated by William Sidnam

Mar 17, 2024
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How A Clockwork Orange Became FrenchThe bewildering experience of reading made-up slang in translation
Nov 15, 2023
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Nov 15, 2023
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The French (Language) Dispatch — Part 12Learning the terms “Premier degré”, “lamba” and “faire le tour” at work in France
Aug 19, 2023
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Aug 19, 2023
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The Truths Behind Made-Up WordsHow The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows articulates universal feelings
Aug 13, 2023
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Aug 13, 2023
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The Art of Cheering on Arsenal in ItalianReading Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch in translation
Feb 5, 2023
Feb 5, 2023
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How Satan Became FrenchReading John Milton's Paradise Lost in translation
Jan 28, 2023
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Jan 28, 2023
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An Essay Without the Letter ‘E’ About the Novel Without the Letter ‘E’Deconstructing Georges Perec’s novel ‘La disparition’ without using the letter ‘E’ (except in this heading and subheading)
Jan 21, 2023
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Jan 21, 2023
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How to Become Fluent in FrenchThe insider's guide to mastering the language
Nov 11, 2022
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Nov 11, 2022
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Why the Ancient Greeks Couldn't See the Colour BlueA review of Guy Deutscher's 'Through the Looking Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages'
Sep 20, 2020
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Sep 20, 2020
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The Novel Without The Letter EDeconstructing Georges Perec's novel La Disparition
Aug 8, 2022
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Aug 8, 2022
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The French (Language) Dispatch — Part 11Some observations on the everyday French spoken in France
Jan 19, 2023
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Jan 19, 2023
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What it Means to Dream in a Second LanguageA closer look at the magic of words in fantasies
Jan 18, 2023
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Jan 18, 2023
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William Sidnam
The Italian (Language) DispatchNotes on the language of Dante in the land of al dente
Jan 11, 2023
Jan 11, 2023
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William Sidnam
The Unique Language of French Ads pt. 2Why copywriting is harder in French than in English
Dec 18, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
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The Unique Language of French AdsThe art of French copywriting and why ads in France are hard to translate into English
Dec 18, 2022
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Dec 18, 2022
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I Think Therefore I Am 'Cartesian'The evolution of a word named after a 17th-century French philosopher
Nov 25, 2022
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Nov 25, 2022
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The French (Language) Dispatch – Part 10More French words I've just learnt
Nov 3, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
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The Curious Case of the ‘Oui Aspiré’The weird noise that French people make
Nov 3, 2022
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Nov 3, 2022
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The French (Language) Dispatch pt. 9Yet more Français spoken outside the Académie
Oct 4, 2022
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Oct 4, 2022
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The French (Language) Dispatch pt. 8The continuing story of the Français spoken outside the Académie
Oct 1, 2022
Oct 1, 2022
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The French (Language) Dispatch pt. 7More on the Français spoken outside the Académie
Sep 30, 2022
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Sep 30, 2022
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