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5 Oct 2021
Ansa, "La Scuola Cattolica" e lo scivolone di registro che non ti aspetti...
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3 Dec 2020
Chi vuole, può, sapendo che non è scienza, vedere in GALAVERNA una “gala invernale”, come Ciro Chistoni il quale scrisse: “La Galaverna è quasi definita dallo stesso nome: è una specie di addobbo invernale di tutti gli oggetti esposti al libero cielo”.
🍂❄️bit.ly/GALAVERNA_Crusca
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2 Dec 2020
Covid-19 vaccines are coming. But can you tell the difference between their #efficacy and their #effectiveness? Here's a useful guide to Covid-related terminology
jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/…
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3 Nov 2020
"Welfare", "wellness" and "well-being". Which one shall be used to translate the Italian #benessere? (Source:
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, 2018).
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1 Nov 2020
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5 Oct 2020
Just learned first-hand that #Sanitation is not the same as #Sanitisation. It is usually the second that is relevant in terms of #OHS (or #OSH, or #WHS for those loving acronyms!). Here is a (very) quick ref. #editing #OHSterminology
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19 Sep 2020
Can you relate? If you're an expert, do you have that level of confidence, or do you occasionally experience impostor syndrome?
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9 Sep 2020
When I decided to train my cognitive skills after recovering from a brain injury, I intuitively decided to include handwriting exercises into my routine. It turns out it wasn't such a silly idea after all.
9 Sep 2020
Typewriting does not promote the same neurophysiological processes as handwriting, study finds psypost.org/2020/09/typewrit…
5 Jul 2020
No time to click and read? The answer is: "BOTH". It should be "la", but so many people are getting it wrong that "il" ends up being accepted, too. For more details, do click and read.
3 Jul 2020
'Il Covid' or 'la Covid'? Here's what the Italian language police say bit.ly/3is6IfH
3 Jul 2020
#Covid_19 "Per mantenere una relazione positiva con i consumatori [...], le aziende sono costrette a modificare le proprie strategie di #marketing addentrandosi in un terreno finora inesplorato di rappresentazione della sofferenza"
2 Jul 2020
#Covid_19 ha contagiato anche la lingua della pubblicità? Come parlare di sofferenza e confinamento nella comunicazione commerciale? Ne parlo su @Treccani / Mit welchen Ausdrücken und Stilmitteln spricht die italienische Werbung über #Corona?treccani.it/magazine/lingua_…
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29 Jun 2020
According to this research, "the myth of parental joy is a modern psychological phenomenon". What do you think? psychologicalscience.org/new…
26 Jun 2020
Vogliamo fermare l'uccisione "automatica" dell'orso in Trentino. Mancano meno di mille firme... vi va di aiutarci con la vostra? chng.it/qH8SM27d via @ChangeItalia
23 Jun 2020
Problemi a capire il dialetto pugliese? Ecco un pratico dizionarietto.
23 Jun 2020
See, the thing with machine #translation is that when it's bad, it can make people laugh. When it's "good", it can make people angry. Because people will think a real person wrote that crap. No translator worth their salt would have let you publish this, #easyjet.
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22 Jun 2020
#DYK | The “Index Translationum” is a UNESCO database which lists all of the books translated in the world. Can you guess the top 3 most translated authors? They are Agatha Christie, Jules Verne and William Shakespeare. | #translationfacts #languagelovers #documenttranslation
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21 Jun 2020
Sure, who wouldn't love to have a super bum on their table?
14 Jun 2020
Sometimes I hate being a translator. Like when I re-read my favourite horror book and notice a discrepancy, then compare the original version with the Italian translation and notice several mistranslations. How do you switch off the "critical reading mode"?
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