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[badoingdoing]

I feel like being (semi-)bilingual gives me an odd overlay to my understanding of the world. Sometimes an English word will sound a lot like an unrelated Hebrew one, and I'll realize that the meaning of the word in English has been subtly colored by the Hebrew word.

For example, melithiel translates a series of Japanese novels over at toshosen_tsl. The "tsl" there

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[rax]

I heard an academic talk recently that delved into the etymology of "translation." It was fascinating, although I think I might already have packed my notes from it. :/

[badoingdoing]

I highly doubt it's from Hebrew :P

[rachelsahm]

mmm languages languages languages languages :D

or as my brain automatically says languages talen idiomas sprachen lenguas

[badoingdoing]

שפות!

[melithiel]

言語!

[gaudior]

the "shadow" of the real novel

That's so cool!