It was with great pleasure that we shared the political thinking of Carlos Taibo with the audience gathered at the “Land and Freedom” Festival, in Parnonas, on the 5th of August. The renowned professor’s dialogue with the public was facilitated by Anthi Kosma, Dimitris Lamprinos from ajugar.gr, Georgia Anargyrou and Dina Tyrovola from Yourtranslator, who interpreted to and from Spanish and to French and English. Local…
A translator’s review of “Arrival”: truths and misconceptions about translation [contains some spoilers]
by Marina Spanou I recently watched the film Arrival. From the moment I found out that the protagonist was a translator/interpreter, I was very curious about its linguistic approach on a very common movie subject, i.e. aliens. I must say that, barring a few common misconceptions and clichés, I wasn’t disappointed at all. I will try to limit the spoilers for those of you…