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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 5h

How László #Krasznahorkai ’s Nobel-prize winning genius slowly spread around Europe
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#nobelprize #literature #translation #xl8 #litsky #langsky

How László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel-prize winning genius slowly spread around Europe

It took over a decade for the Hungarian novelist to be recognised in English-speaking countries.

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 5h

Razi Hirmandi Receives Astrid Lindgren Translation Award
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#xl8 #literature #litsky #langsky

Razi Hirmandi Receives Astrid Lindgren Translation Award - WANA

Renowned Iranian writer and translator Razi Hirmandi has received the Astrid Lindgren Award Certificate of Recognition in the translation...

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 5h

#Webinar beim BDÜ am 16.10.:
#Steuern zum Jahreswechsel – Tipps & Strategien für Freiberufler:innen (Referentin: Doris Reimann)
www.bdue-fachverlag.de/detail_webin...
#weiterbildung #cpd #xl8 #1nt #freiberufler

BDÜ Weiterbildungs- und Fachverlagsgesellschaft mbH

Vorstellung der BDÜ Weiterbildungs- und Fachverlagsgesellschaft mbH.

www.bdue-fachverlag.de

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 5h

The village that speaks in #Sanskrit : Every. Single. Day.
www.indiatoday.in/education-to...
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#India #language #history #langsky

The village that speaks in Sanskrit : Every. Single. Day.

Mattur village in Karnataka has revived Sanskrit as a living language spoken daily. The community blends ancient heritage with modern technology to keep Sanskrit relevant and thriving.

www.indiatoday.in

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 5h

Japanese #manga are popular the world over—but how have they been translated into Spanish?
www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/article/...
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#xl8 #langsky

Japanese manga are popular the world over—but how have they been translated into Spanish? | Sophia University

Associate Professor Paula Martínez-Sirés of the Faculty of Foreign Studies analyzes methods for translating Japanese novels and manga into Spanish. Translations are a reflection of the times, prevaili...

www.sophia.ac.jp

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 21h

Ich behaupte mal, dass @ntvde.bsky.social einen besseren Proofreader braucht.

Screenshot vom Nachrichtenprogramm einschl. Schreibfehler ("pareilose" (sic!) anstatt "parteilose"))

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrating #Fijian #Language Week: Honouring identity, culture and connection
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#pacific #langsky

Celebrating Fijian Language Week: Honouring identity, culture and connection

As Aotearoa marks Macawa ni Vosa vakaViti, the diaspora celebrates the richness of their cultural values while bridging indigenous knowledge and Western practices.

pmn.co.nz

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 3d

The Norwegian #Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
#nobelpeaceprize

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 6d

How #Greek Shaped #Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language
greekreporter.com/2025/10/06/g...
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#language #history #langsky

How Greek Shaped Coptic, Egypt’s Final Ancient Language - GreekReporter.com

The Greek influence on Egyptian-Coptic transformed Egypt’s native language through loanwords, verb changes, and dialectal shifts.

greekreporter.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 6d

The Courage to Learn - [...] how to communicate success criteria to motivate #multilingual learners
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#langsky

The Courage to Learn

Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and James Marshall explain how to communicate success criteria to motivate multilingual learners Learning is hard. In fact, there is compelling evidence that exerting menta...

languagemagazine.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 10d

Linguistics scholar welcomes addition of 'bulla', 'broughtupsy' and other Caribbean words to #Oxford #Dictionary
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
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#language #caribbean #langsky

Linguistics scholar welcomes addition of 'bulla', 'broughtupsy' and other Caribbean words to Oxford Dictionary

Anglican priest and linguistics scholar, the Reverend Bertram Gayle has welcomed the inclusion of Jamaican and other Caribbean words in the Oxford English Dictionary, describing it as a historic recog...

jamaica-gleaner.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 10d

Why cooking recipes are surprisingly personal – and have been so for over 160 years
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#language #recipes #cooking #langsky

Why cooking recipes are surprisingly personal – and have been so for over 160 years

idw-online.de

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 11d

Today's #interestingread:
Teaching adventure in #Patagonia. [...] 20 years preserving and promoting the #Welsh #language in Patagonia, Argentina
www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magaz...
via @britishcouncil.bsky.social
#minority #languagelearning #Argentina

Clare Vaughan pictured with Vincent Evans in Cwm Hyfryd, Trevelin, Patagonia © Clare Vaughan

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 11d

Fun fact: there is a Swedish verb "parera", simply to ward off, often heard in fencing.

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 11d

I need to correct myself: parasoll is the Swedish spelling.

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 11d

Apparently there are thousands of them. Let me just tell you about fåtölj, trottoar, portfölj, garderob, salong...

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, you're on the right track. My wild guess is built on Latin "parare" (to fight, to stop), similar to "par à sol" (par à soleil) that finally developed into Swedish parasol.

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 12d

Swedish word of the day #swotd is paraply (umbrella), from French parapluie. There are plenty of French loanwords as French was a status marker for the Swedish elite especially during the 18th century, often in areas such as culture, fashion, and food.
#Sweden

Picture of a walking woman dressed in a raincoat and yellow rubber boots, carrying an umbrella against the rain.

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 13d

The new slang words born each year from 1920 to today
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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#slang #language #history #langsky

Black and white picture of three young people, probably start of 1970s, dressed for winter weather, one laughing young man in the middle holding a bottle of some unidentified beverage, two young women standing next to him, one of them critically inspecting the bottle.

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 13d

‘Zero rizz, no cap’: #Luxembourg teens mix slang and languages online
www.luxtimes.lu/yourluxembou...
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#slang #language #langsky

‘Zero rizz, no cap’: Luxembourg teens mix slang and languages online

‘Some words are impossible to understand and some get a new meaning. If you don’t spend time on TikTok you wouldn’t know what they mean’

www.luxtimes.lu

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 13d

Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages? – podcast
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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#languagelearning #alcohol #langsky

Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages? – podcast

The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently - for science that makes you laugh and then think - and the peace prize was given to a cheeky study testing the link between alcohol and language proficiency....

www.theguardian.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 13d

Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single #ancient #language – here’s how we know
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#history #langsky

Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know

This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know Proto-Indo-European must have existed?

theconversation.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 17d

I just came here to say that 26th Sept is not only the #europeandayoflanguages #edl but even more important, also The German Butterbrot Day. You're welcome.
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/german-...
#Germany #culinary #triviafact

German Butterbrot Day

Start your day off right on German Butterbrot Day with a simple piece of toast and your favorite high-quality butter. That’s it!

www.daysoftheyear.com

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 17d

Why should we learn languages in the age of AI and "brain rot"?
vocal.media/education/wh...
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#languagelearning #langsky

Why should we learn languages in the age of AI and "brain rot"?

On this European day of Languages, language learning remains more relevant than ever

vocal.media

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 17d

New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers
phys.org/news/2025-09...
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#langsky

New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers

Penn State Professor of German and Linguistics Michael Putnam has spent a good part of his career thinking about language attrition, or "language loss," among bi- and multilingual speakers. Now, it's ...

phys.org

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