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Στήριξη έργων λογοτεχνικής μετάφρασης

8JulyLeximania.grGreek Language, Language, News

Στο πλαίσιο του υποπρογράμματος «Πολιτισμός» έχει ανακοινωθεί πρόσκληση για υποβολή προτάσεων «Στήριξης έργων λογοτεχνικής μετάφρασης». Η δράση εντάσσεται στο Πρόγραμμα «Δημιουργική Ευρώπη» και σύμφωνα με τη δημοσιευμένη πρόσκληση, έχει τις ακόλουθες προτεραιότητες: Στήριξη της προώθησης της μεταφρασμένης ευρωπαϊκής λογοτεχνίας. Ενθάρρυνση των μεταφράσεων από λιγότερο χρησιμοποιούμενες γλώσσες στα αγγλικά, γερμανικά, γαλλικά και ισπανικά (καστιλιάνικα). Ενθάρρυνση της

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the language of dystopia

7JulyLeximania.grEnglish Language, Language, News1984, dystopia, Orwell

By Chris Townsend George Orwell, who was born on the 25th of June, 1903, has never really fallen out favour with the reading public, but all the same his work is enjoying renewed interest at the moment. This is hardly surprising when you consider the adjective to which he lent his name: ‘Orwellian’, defined by the Oxford

Anthony Burgess’s lost dictionary of slang discovered

5JuneLeximania.grLanguage, News, ResearchA Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, language, news, Written language

A Clockwork Orange author only managed entries for three letters and his abortive labours were thought to have gone for ever… The writer Anthony Burgess invented futuristic slang for his cult novel A Clockwork Orange and was so fascinated by the language of the street that he began work on a dictionary more than 50

A spat over language erupts at the World Bank

30MayLeximania.grEnglish Language, Language, Newsnews, reports, Stanford Literary Lab, World Bank

But arguments over an excess of conjunctions may miss the point A WAR of words has flared up at the World Bank. Paul Romer, its new chief economist, has been stripped of control of the research division. An internal memo claimed that the change was to bring the operations department and research arm closer together.

Language Technology for Multilingual Europe: Survey

26MayLeximania.grNewsEurope survey, multilingual europe, survey

The Language Technology topic is currently gaining momentum in Europe with the possibility of establishing a large-scale research and innovation programme in the near future. For the next planning phase and upcoming discussions with the EU, we would like to ask all members of the European Language Technology Research and Innovation community as well as related areas for their