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Whose Text is This? Not Mine, For I Have Died

A text is built more by its readers than its writers

Jan 8

Whose Text is This? Not Mine, For I Have Died

Jan 8

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Languages Change.

Why are people are reluctant to acknowledge this?

Nov 3, 2024

Languages Change.

Nov 3, 2024

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Untranslatability of Languages

Why certain words and expressions will never render a one-to-one translation: blame it on the context.

Jun 7, 2024

A vintage typewriter keyboard.

Jun 7, 2024

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Where do Spanish Words Come from? — Heirs of the Ancient

Spanish, the second most spoken language in the world, is the result of spectacular historic events, many of which even happened by chance…

Oct 16, 2024

Antique globe

Oct 16, 2024

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The Life and Legacy of Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni

With a translation of her poem “I’m Going To Sleep”

Oct 9, 2024

The Life and Legacy of Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni

Oct 9, 2024

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Latin America’s First Nobel Prize Winner for Literature was a Woman

Gabriela Mistral’s Poetic Rewriting of “Snow White”

Sep 14, 2024

Latin America’s First Nobel Prize Winner for Literature was a Woman

Sep 14, 2024

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What Do We Mean When We Speak?

Considerations on why we use t-r-e-e to mean “tree”. The world isn’t real without language, but also there isn’t language without the…

Aug 21, 2024

Antique printing wooden letters.

Aug 21, 2024

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No Longer There

An expat story on how a third language came to alter my previous ones. To lose one’s country is also to lose one’s language a little bit.

Jul 16, 2024

A tree in the desert.

Jul 16, 2024

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Lost in Pronunciation: Where Do English Words Come From?

A brief journey on the history of English: its transition from being the language of Germanic tribes to what it is today.

May 5, 2024

Lost in Pronunciation: Where Do English Words Come From?

May 5, 2024

A Day in the Life (of a Translator)

Ser freelancer o no ser.

Jan 12, 2024

A desktop and a computer.

Jan 12, 2024

M. Soledad Berdazaiz

M. Soledad Berdazaiz

Eng<>Spa translator | writer | avid reader | languages enthusiast. Born in Patagonia, currently in Italy. https://soledad-berdazaiz.onrender.com/

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