The cool graphic below shows how the act of yawning is said in 6 different languages: English, French, Thai, Korean, German and Japanese. Surprisingly, after English and French, the Korean and the Japanese are the ones that made sense to me the most! OOUAH in French is...
The cool graphic below shows h...
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I came across this photo on Facebook the other day and it rang a bell with me. [caption id="attachment_908" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Here in Lebanon, we even mix 3 languages in a single sentence sometimes.[/caption] Being bilingual is nice and code-switching comes with the territory. This is the...
I came across this photo on Fa...
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To start this post, below is Wikipedia’s definition of code-switching: “In linguistics, code-switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation. Multilinguals, speakers of more than one language, sometimes use elements of multiple languages...
To start this post, below is W...
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I was born Lebanese. I didn’t choose it, but I wouldn’t change it even if I could. I am proud of being born with the privilege of being trilingual. That said, some things Lebanese people do or say irritate me. After all, I am a...
I was born Lebanese. I didn’...
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Depuis que j’étais petite, je m’amusais avec mon frère et ma sœur à traduire mot à mot des expressions et des proverbes libanais. Le résultat était toujours hilarant. Avec le temps, j’ai appris quelques autres expressions traduites mot à mot de différentes personnes. Le suivant est...
Depuis que j’étais petite, ...
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November has always been a month that is very dear to my heart. Sweet November (how I like to call it) is the month I was born in (November 9, to be exact). It also marks the month I decided to establish my own business,...
November has always been a mon...
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If you know me well enough, you know how much I love food. I believe that if I were to choose a different career, I'd be a chef (or a personal trainer. Makes no sense, right? Well, that's just me!). In fact, I really love...
If you know me well enough, yo...
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On October 12, Valérie Abou Chacra won the title of Miss Lebanon 2015. Congratulations and I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming year. The pageant, which has been organized by LBC for the past 20 years, was hosted by media figure Dima Sadek, one...
On October 12, Valérie Abou...
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Happy International Translation Day! On this beautiful occasion, I’d like to share with you my main thoughts regarding my perspective of Translation, which is not only what I chose as a career, but also one of my passions in life. Translation is an...
Happy International Translatio...
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July 14 is known worldwide as Bastille Day, and celebrated by the French as “La fête nationale”. It marks France’s independence day as well as the storming of the Bastille, which is a medieval fortress. I have been meaning to write this blog post for many...
July 14 is known worldwide as ...
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Under the high patronage and presence of his beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III Laham and the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science, the International Center for Dialogue of Civilizations “LIQAA” held its second international congress titled “Faith and Values through Folklore, Language of Dialogue...
Under the high patronage and p...
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If you read my first blog post in this regard, you would know that Banque du Liban had plans to roll out the new 50,000 LBP bill (which contains a huge language mistake) on November 22, thus commemorating the 70th Independence Day. I had high hopes...
If you read my first blog post...
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On Wednesday, Lebanese TV station LBCI showed the new 50,000 LBP bill with its all new and sophisticated design which will be rolled out on November 22 (Independence Day in Lebanon). The idea was to commemorate 70 years of independence, and the bill features the first...
On Wednesday, Lebanese TV stat...
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In many Latin languages, one can find a great number of false cognates. They are basically words that look similar but have a different meaning in the two given languages, although they might have a common historical linguistic origin. This could give the language student...
In many Latin languages, one c...
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When I started snapping pictures of random language mistakes, I didn't have the intention of making a series of blog posts about it; but it seems that I seem to stumble upon language fails wherever I go! It's such a bummer to see that companies...
When I started snapping pictur...
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