FrenchTranslationsPlus

07/18/2023

https://www.nwpb.org/2023/07/03/bringing-indigenous-languages-into-public-schools/

A number of Washington state public schools are partnering with tribes to bring Indigenous languages into classrooms in an effort to rectify the marred history of Native American boarding schools. Rachael Barger is a teacher on special assignment with Bethel School District, one of the districts par...

01/22/2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/unesco-decade-of-indigenous-languages-1.6696136

UNESCO's action plan for the international decade on Indigenous languages highlights many things the N.W.T. is already prioritizing, says one territorial government official.

12/08/2021

The dictionary will be a full-fledged digital resource where learners can hear Cherokee in everyday use, an opportunity that can be hard to come by as the number of first-language speakers dwindles.

11/19/2021

The global audience for foreign-language streaming shows has never been larger. But subtitlers are leaving the industry in droves

10/21/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/10/why-translators-should-be-named-on-book-covers

Publishers avoid highlighting the people who choose every word of the books they bring to English readers. This lack of transparency is misguided and unfair

09/13/2021

FTP will be shortly streamlining its website and orientation in order to focus on Medical translations as a single specialty. This specialty is the one that has worked best for me throughout the years and the one I have developed the most interest and experience in, so I’ll be focusing on this one exclusively.

02/22/2021

During long days on a translation project I need to take frequent breaks, to stretch, move around, go outside for a few minutes, or...make Turkish coffee!
The special pot used to make it is called "cezve" in Turkish, and in Tunisian Arabic we call it "zazwa".

02/22/2021

During long days on a translation project I need to take frequent breaks, to stretch, move around, go outside for a few minutes, or...make Turkish coffee!
The special pot used to make it is called "cezve" in Turkish, and in Tunisian Arabic we call it "zazwa".

01/24/2021

https://mxcity.mx/2020/10/una-hermosa-serie-animada-de-cuentos-indigenas-mexicanos/

Cuentos indígenas en animaciones que han sido proyectados en más de sesenta festivales nacionales e internacionales.

01/12/2021

Citing Academy report "America's Languages," Kathleen Stein-Smith explores the increasing scarcity of foreign language classes and teachers.

12/14/2020

Getting cross-eyed, time to stop for today and, put the tree up in my office!

10/28/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/world/americas/peru-indigenous-rap-renata-flores.html?fbclid=IwAR0OHMw5-PUdi4kp1q9x-i-rXqS535dWffMIO0GrzfPSg5IQ1gcW4QZBUPw

Renata Flores, 19, is part of a generation of Peruvian musicians combining the bouncing beats of Latin trap, rap and reggaeton with the sounds, and language, of the Andean countryside.