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M. Soledad Berdazaiz

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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

A vintage typewriter keyboard.

Jun 7

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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

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

Sep 14

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Global Literary Theory

Languages Change.

Why are people are reluctant to acknowledge this?

Nov 3

Languages Change.

Nov 3

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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

Antique globe

Oct 16

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Global Literary Theory

The Life and Legacy of Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni

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

Oct 9

The Life and Legacy of Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni

Oct 9

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Babel

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

Antique printing wooden letters.

Aug 21

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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

A tree in the desert.

Jul 16

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Babel

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

Lost in Pronunciation: Where Do English Words Come From?

May 5

A Day in the Life (of a Translator)

Ser freelancer o no ser.

Jan 12

A desktop and a computer.

Jan 12

A Day in the Life (of a Translator)

La intraducibilidad de las lenguas

Jun 3, 2020

A Day in the Life (of a Translator)

Jun 3, 2020

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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