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Interview with British-Canadian wordsmith (and professor of translation studies) Brian Harris

Aug 31, 2020

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Jonathan Goldberg

Our guest interviewee, Brian HARRIS, recently celebrated his 90th birthday. His long, interesting and prodigious career in the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, as well as his strong interest in history, is reflected in this interview. Special mention should be made of the fact that he coined the term ‘translatology’ for the scientific study of translation.
Interview with Israeli wordsmith (engineering academic and champion sportsman) Shaul Ladany

Dec 7, 2019

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Jonathan Goldberg

Shaul Ladany, 83, qualifies as a wordsmith on account of his knowledge of 8 or 9 languages (in 3 alphabets – Cyrillic, Latin and Hebrew). But readers may find equal interest in a life-story filled with adventures and achievements (both scholastic and sporting). For this reason, in the following interview we have taken the liberty…