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.
I grew up in a very international community within Portugal. There were at least 5 English-language international schools in the area. The common language was English. My parents briefly attempted to teach their offspring Dutch, but it proved too confusing for the young brains that were at the same time learning English and Portuguese.
Interview with Dutch wordsmith (and tour guide) Geert Sivellis Read Post »
Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Professor of French Philology and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, works on the history of the French language and the history of linguistic thought, particularly in seventeenth-century France. Her major research interests include questions of standardisation and codification, linguistic ideology and policy, variation and change, from the sixteenth century to the present day.
Interview with British wordsmith (and educator) Wendy Ayres-Bennett Read Post »
Grant Hamilton, translator, author of Les trucs d’anglais qu’on a oublié de vous enseigner and regular collaborator with our (French) sister-blog, Le Mot juste en anglais, spoke with David Crystal, one of the world’s most eminent English-language linguists.
Interview with British wordsmith (author and educator) David Crystal Read Post »
