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Mr. Carrot / nEo

pan_marchewka@c.im

<p>IT linguistic professional by day, writer and poet by night, but with oh so many other interests, from palaeontology, to amateur theatre, to sci-fi.
 </p><p>Owner of nEo, where we know linguistic kung fu: </p><p>neotranslates.cloud</p><p>I write about pop culture, language in pop culture, as well as new technologies.</p>

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    @jessegrosjean Got it in the mail today... I am considering #Pagico... wonder whether it is better than #Airtable I&amp;#39;m currently using.

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    @Ivan22 Actually, I like your approach better. But Burian is still a classic, 42 years after publishing. I still remember my father buying this book (second hand) for the 11-year old me 35 years ago.

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    @rixx Thanks!

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    @Richard_Littler When I was young I used to sort books in my library by genres and then alphabetically, with a piece of carton with a genre name protruding before each one. Just sayin...

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    It seems there is no point in keeping two separate accounts, one for my company (nEo) and one for myself. So I will post the linguistic stuff here as well. And since this in now also my business account, I must be on my best behaviour! Without further ado: 1899: a linguistic review (part 1 of 4) “1899” attempts not so small a feat of bringing together not only characters, but actors of different nationalities, speaking their native languages and trying to communicate with one another. This in...

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    1899: a linguistic review (part 2 of 4) What worked well: - Characters pretending to be someone else, relying on people’s lack of knowledge of other cultures (a Chinese girl pretending to be a Japanese Geisha, a Portuguese man pretending to be a Spanish priest). - Characters unable to communicate because of a language difference. - Characters trying to guess the meaning of a communication in foreign language based solely on a single word (e.g. a proper name) and context. - Characters finding way...

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    1899: a linguistic review (part 3 of 4) … and what failed to impress: - Sometimes the characters do not manage to communicate verbally, because they don’t even try to find a common tongue. A Polish boy and a Chinese girl are unable to communicate in either Polish or English, but why didn’t they try English or German that are commonly used on the board of the ship? We know he knows both these languages and she at least knows some basic English. I know it is cute to see them communicating non-verb...

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    1899: a linguistic review (part 4 of 4) SPOILERS BELOW! ———————— For those who have seen the series finale: the futuristic technology would enable to use a universal translator, although it would break the illusion of 19th century. on the other hand, the characters in the know (Maura, Elliot, Daniel) could use such technology. Daniel, as a programmer could even write such a tool. Will we see something like that in the 2nd season?

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    Writing is my life, from professional to private, from IT to poetry. Here are my favourite tools of trade. Maybe the list will inspire you to add some to your toolset (a thread):

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    @jessegrosjean Thanks for the clarification! Note that the dislikes are not necessary the things that bother me personally, but rather the things that may, in my opinion, bother other users.

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    @wbm312 Just you wait...