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Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English: On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another
“Sahar Delijani navigates the complexity of conjuring her old life in a new language.”
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Ya’aburnee, Four Ways
A family curse, a grandfather, a pet, a friend—and one untranslatable word to encompass them all.
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Where Duolingo Falls Down: How I Learned to Speak Welsh With My Mother
“Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation.”
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The Xi Jinping School of Journalism
“The education and reeducation of a Mongolian reporter.”
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The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life
“I worried about his ability to fit in. But then he fell in love with Russian — and on a trip to Central Asia, he flourished.”
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Huh? The Valuable Role of Interjections
“Utterances like ‘um,’ ‘wow,’ and ‘mm-hmm’ aren’t garbage, they keep conversations flowing.”
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Defining Color
“A deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral, bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william.”
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The Autocrat of English Usage
“Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century.”
