Curiouser and Curiouser in Translation

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In the October 29, 2015, Wall Street Journal there is an article by Edward Rothstein titled "Curiouser and Curiouser in Translation." The article especially interested me because "Alice in a World of Wonderlands" is on my Very Short List of books that I have most loved and that have most influenced me.

If I must choose a favorite from the translations cited, I award my coveted Curiouser and Curiouser Translation  Prize to:

Twinkle, twinkle little bat!

How I wonder where your're at!

The rendition of the translation into Slovenian reads:

Along the lake

Near Mt. Triglav

A pot drifts...

I think Lewis Carroll would have appreciated this curious translation.

And we wonder why there are rifts between nations caused by misunderstanding.

Speaking a Foreign Culture

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"We must learn to speak a foreign culture in the same way that we learn to speak a foreign language." E.T. Hall

Books by Tracy Novinger

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Aruba Winds: The Other Side of Paradise

A novel, coming soon.

Brazilians are so cordial they will say "yes" to almost any request,
even when they mean "no." When and why does "yes" means "no"?

"Communicating with Brazilians" was translated into Korean

by Pusan University of Foreign Studies.

Tips on how to follow "the rules" of different cultures with practical examples of intercultural communication misunderstandings.