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When our translation team came across verses of poetry or song, the challenge of rendering them in English was so much greater than with the histories and recipes and other plain speech in the rest of the #AncestralVoices collection.
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While these verses sometimes contain #LostWords or Lost Meanings, they are different from yesterday’s examples. They are poetic, evocative, and complex.
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In some cases, the translators have preferred to leave the phrases as they were written, believing that translating them would be too difficult or might lose something of the original sense.
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While transcribing and translating the 342 writings currently in the Ancestral Voices Collection, our translation team comes across words, phrases and verses of poetry that challenge them greatly.
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This week, in celebration of Heritage Month and in partnership with the South African National Lexicography Units, @SALexiUnits, we’re beginning our #LostWords project.
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We believe that there is no way to separate language, heritage and history, and @SALexiUnits aims to promote the use of all of South Africa’s languages to create a more multilingual society.
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Nun, da sich das umherfliegende #E3-Hypedrenalin langsam verflüchtigt hat, wird es Zeit für ein kleines Résumé. Die meisten großen Spiele haben mich leider eher weniger beeindruckt oder interessiert ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Dafür ein paar vielversprechende kleinere. Bei euch so?! <Thread>
#GreedFall von @spidersgames schaut echt interessant aus und könnte ein neues Highlight von @FocusHome werden. Bin sehr gespannt =)
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#DarksidersGenesis von @AirshipSyn als Spin-Off zur Hauptserie im Diablostyle?! Count me in! Noch nicht viel gesehen, aber schon ziemlich Bock drauf =)
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