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Difference between Change and Chance

Have you ever realised how little the difference between change and chance in English? The difference between change and chance doesn’t exist in Chinese, as a single word, -WEIJI-, mean both “crisis” and “opportunity”. Italian, Spanish and French use two different words. In Italian crisi and cambiamento; in Spanish crisis and cambio; in French crise […]

How to Translate a Poem

What’s the first thing to do before ing to translate a poem? As Enigma sings, before you start to translate a poem: “Turn off the light, take a deep breath and relax” Poetry translation is often considered an insuperable challenge. Roman Jakobson said that poetry is the only (linguistic) untranslatable literary genre, because of the […]

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