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Everybody knows the Thousand and One Nights. Not many people are aware of the long and varied story hidden inside its pages. As many oral-transmitted texts, the Thousand and One Nights is a composite work. The frame story, along with the first and more ancient core of tales, came from India and Persia. This part […]
The Thousand and One Translations of the Thousand and One Nights Read More »
Have you ever seen Woody Allen talking fluent German? Or Robert De Niro joking in Chinese? Actors can speak more languages than you expect thanks to the techniques used to translate film dialogues and in particular to the dubbing. The term “dubbing”, known also as “revoicing”, commonly refers to the replacement of the voices of
Translating Films: Dubbing, Voiceover and Subtitles Read More »
Palmanova is a small town located in the north-western Italian region of Friuli, at less than 100 km from Venice. The Great Council of the Serenissima (also known as the Venetian Republic) needed a well-protected outpost to protect its eastern frontier from the Ottoman attacks. Initially, the project was assigned to Leonardo da Vinci, who
Palmanova, the Star-Shaped Town Read More »
Manx or Manx Gaelic (Gaelg/Gailck) belongs to Goidelic branch of the Insular Celtic languages. It emerged from the Old Irish (Gaelic) which was brought to the Isle of Man, an island located in north of the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, during the fourth and fifth centuries AD, by Irish people who moved there.
The Downturn of Manx Read More »
This year’s Oscars turned out to be a great success for Polish cinematography. Polish film-makers have very rarely been appreciated by the Oscar Academy as usually the awards were won by directors or actors of Polish origin but working abroad. 87th Oscars changed the record forever as the Oscar for the best foreign language film
‘Ida’ – a breakthrough in Polish cinematography Read More »
Come a tante altre persone, amo viaggiare: mi piace perdermi in strade nuove, scrutare con attenzione edifici tanto quanto ascoltare il suono di quella musica esotica che solo una lingua sconosciuta puo produrre. In quei momenti, so che sto avendo una buona giornata, perche sto vivendo tutta una nuova avventura. Al momento, sto facendo uno
Il viaggio: dove e perche lo state facendo Read More »
Un ufficio e, a seconda di come ci si organizza e da chi ci lavora, molto disordinato o esattamente il contrario. In qualsiasi caso, un fattore che tutti possono confermare, dagli amministratori alla donna delle pulizie, e che un bell
Atmosfera d’ufficio: come renderla migliore Read More »
Ogni tanto qua a TRANSLIT ci piace divertirci un po
Esperimento sociale – Scioglilingua Read More »
Esperanto: la Lingua Internazionale Quanti di voi hanno sentito parlare dell
Esperanto: la Lingua Internazionale Read More »
Facciamo un bel salto nel passato, al tempo in cui i nobili usavano ancora le parrucche e le donne i corsetti; un tempo in cui lasciare casa per dirigersi al mercato del vicinato era considerato come un evento speciale. Piu precisamente, un tempo quando cavalli e carri erano i mezzi di trasporto per eccellenza e
Come il mondo e diventato globale Read More »
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