Almost everyone uses language, so inevitably almost everyone thinks they are an expert in it. I don’t consider myself an expert, though most of my work requires at least language competence and sometimes actual skill, but I do follow the blogs featured on this feeds page.
(If you are wondering where the translation-related feeds have all gone, I have put them on their own page.)
Most of the blogs represented here are in English, most of the time, but don’t be surprised to find other languages used. Go with the flow – I occasionally find myself pleasantly surprised at how much I can grasp in languages I have never seen before.
Language On the Net
languagehat.com » Translating Agatha Christie into Icelandic.
Ragnar Jónasson “explains how rendering the great English thriller writer into his own language taught him how to write fiction himself”: I was 17 when I started working on my first Icelandic translation of an Agatha Christie novel. I had been reading her books for years and had already translated a few of her short stories for Icelandic magazines, but … [Link]
Language Log » Variable usages
Sign greeting Xi Jinping in Florida: 
(Source) The banner reads: Fózhōu Zhōngguó hépíng tǒngyī cùjìn huì huānyíng Xí Jìnpíng Zhǔxí dàofǎng Měiguó 佛州中国和平统一促进会 欢迎习近平主席到访美国 Florida Association for the Peaceful Unification of China welcomes Chairman Xi Jinping on his visit to America There are two main things to talk about concerning this banner, and they are both in the latter part … [Link]
Wordorigins.org » cloture
Cloture is the act of ending debate on a subject in a legislative assembly, and most often today it’s used in reference to the United States Senate. The word is a modern borrowing from the French clôture, which was used by the French Assembly in the nineteenth century. Its use in English dates to at least 1845, when it appears … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » backseat buyer
A person who gets excited over other people's future or current purchases. Usually an enthusiastic shopper for themselves as well. Can also be used as an adjective and verb. "I'm such a backseat buyer; I love helping my friends choose stuff as much as buying something for myself!" "Whenever I think about getting a new gadget, my father goes backseat … [Link]
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