There are few things that I love more than finding out that two seemingly very different words share the same root. Like the shared history of pomegranate and hand grenade, these connections…
Must We Translate? Rilke in Translation -
Last week on October 8, Britain celebrated National Poetry Day. The theme was Heroes and Heroines and various newspapers, blogs, and websites celebrated the word mastery of thousands of…
Naming House and Home: Word Origins -
It’s raining heavily again in Atlanta, and the soothing sound of the heavy drops hitting against the roof and windows brings to mind the language of house and home. Both the words house and…
Peace -
By now everyone has heard the announcement that the United States president Barack Obama is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement, which was made at 5 am Eastern…
Translating Languages While Traveling -
Students from Longview High School in Texas recently contacted ALTA to ask for advice about a class project. Their project is part of an Engineering Design and Development course where the…
Days of the Week Word Origins -
The English names for the days of the week have their roots in astrology and ancient cultures. The practice of naming days after heavenly bodies began at least for the Western world with…
Last night I had the pleasure of hearing Ronny Cox, the actor who played Drew Ballinger in Deliverance and Richard “Dick” Jones in RoboCop, perform his country western music at a small venue….
The field of animal cognition has been rapidly expanding since the mid-twentieth century. In the March 2008 issue of National Geographic, Virginia Morell explored the various animal cognition…
Top 10 U.S. Translation Schools -
So youve decided to take that next big step, to apply to graduate schools for a Translation Studies degree. But the big questions are rolling around in your head — which of the U.S. schools…
For those not in Atlanta and who have not heard any news about what is going on right now, we are in the middle of the biggest flood on record. Although it has been raining for over a week now…