PinnedPublished inBabelUntranslatability of LanguagesWhy certain words and expressions will never render a one-to-one translation: blame it on the context.Jun 713Jun 713
PinnedPublished inGlobal Literary TheoryLatin America’s First Nobel Prize Winner for Literature was a WomanGabriela Mistral’s Poetic Rewriting of “Snow White”Sep 142Sep 142
Published inGlobal Literary TheoryLanguages Change.Why are people are reluctant to acknowledge this?Nov 322Nov 322
Published inBabelWhere do Spanish Words Come from? — Heirs of the AncientSpanish, the second most spoken language in the world, is the result of spectacular historic events, many of which even happened by chance…Oct 16Oct 16
Published inGlobal Literary TheoryThe Life and Legacy of Argentinian poet Alfonsina StorniWith a translation of her poem “I’m Going To Sleep”Oct 93Oct 93
Published inBabelWhat 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 21Aug 21
Published inBabelNo Longer ThereAn 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 16Jul 16
Published inBabelLost 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 5May 5