tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post446767246309452376..comments2024-03-08T04:04:45.132-08:00Comments on Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings: loverofwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-76446099815002271232012-07-09T11:57:40.490-07:002012-07-09T11:57:40.490-07:00You are quite a wordsmith yourself, Lee.You are quite a wordsmith yourself, Lee.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-26124436167304560622012-07-09T11:57:06.285-07:002012-07-09T11:57:06.285-07:00So true. Now, all I need to do is to re-learn Rus...So true. Now, all I need to do is to re-learn Russian and check that story. I think some languages are harder. Would love to know if Swedish translates easier than Russian. And I can see that "all about it" might sound better in the Russian meaning than English.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-55391671416140737752012-07-04T04:00:32.438-07:002012-07-04T04:00:32.438-07:00From the few small lines that you wrote here, I ca...From the few small lines that you wrote here, I can already tell that the unknown translator did a much better job. Translating is tough work. I'm fluently bilingual, I'm a writer, I'm a language teacher...but I do not think I'd be a good translator. It's about translating ideas, not words.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420841652300294215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-87228369503992582432012-07-01T07:56:45.539-07:002012-07-01T07:56:45.539-07:00Words can make a great difference.
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Tossing I...Words can make a great difference.<br /><br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-16344551774633154552012-06-28T16:08:52.309-07:002012-06-28T16:08:52.309-07:00wonderful post--everyone needs a good listener som...wonderful post--everyone needs a good listener sometimes and to be one sometimes---we don't even need the right words for that:)Lynn Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349867270815243053noreply@blogger.com