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Russia: Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Russian Blog writes about Lyudmila Ulitskaya's latest - and, possibly, her last - novel, “Daniel Stein, translator”: “After being such a prolific writer for many years, and after the huge work she put into her last effort, she of course deserves a break. Anyone who has read this masterpiece would not argue with such a […] (more…)

Taiwan: Gtalk Translation

PipperL is checking the accuracy of Gtalk translation from English to Chinese (zh), e.g ‘He looks fine' is translated into ‘he is looking forward to have a fine' in Chinese.
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Trinidad & Tobago: Slang

Jumbie's Watch responds to a Letter to the Editor that he finds “doltish”.
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Kazakhstan: Debates over Latinization of Kazakh Language

Kazakhstan intends to switch the state language to the Latin script. It was announced that the transition will take 12-15 years. As adam_kesher writes, the plan stirred many disputes and arguments ? in particular, Russia and a part of Kazakhstan?s Russian-speaking population considers switching to Latin is an adverse move against them. However, the blogger […] (more…)

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