I came across a Reuters story about Henry the VIII's ship the Mary Rose while browsing Intercultural Communication and Translation News. The idea that a ship could sink because the crew could not understand the orders that would have saved their life is quite an interesting metaphor for the world we […]
Tag - language
Tuesday, April 22 2008
Truly multilingual
Tuesday, April 22 2008. the other words
Our neighbours are what one would call a really truly multilingual family. The mother is Swedish, the father is Italian. Together they speak English. The kids speak Swedish with their mother, Italian with their father. They lived the first years of their life in Switzerland, which means the children […]
Thursday, March 27 2008
The language before the language
Thursday, March 27 2008. communication(s)
I am still reading the book about bilingualism and before I write a more detailled review about it, I wanted to share my last experiences in terms of communication and languages. As you may know, or not, we had a baby. Emma was born a few weeks ago and I must say that the greatest challenge her […]
Monday, November 19 2007
The bilingual challenge
Monday, November 19 2007. communication(s)
I have written about the interesting differences in cultural perception of the same objects, or rather of the same words. I have always been fascinated by the easiness with which I navigate from one language to another, namely French and English. And I am equally fascinated by the difficulty I have […]
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