June 2008
Alcohol and linguistic abilities
June 30, 2008
When I first arrived in England and I was struggling to understand and speak English, I noticed that my fluency increased noticeably after drinking some of the warm beer that my new friends seemed to like so much. I always...
Translation links
June 20, 2008
Two interesting links provided by Jean-Paul and Audrey – thanks a lot to both of you. The first one is an essay about the translator/author relationship and translation in general. It’s beautifully written, but provided only in French, unfortunately. If...
Sarkozy seen by the English
June 16, 2008
Hello everyone! This has been a longer break than I expected, but I’m now nicely settled after three major moves (Brighton to Leeds – bad then good, Brighton office to Leeds office – very bad then ok, and PC to...