Unprofessional Translation kicks off a discussion with “the tragic case of Willy Ramirez, an American Latino baseball player who was left paralyzed because of a misunderstanding over the Spanish word intoxicado.” More here.
But if Juncker doesn’t resign this week I reckon 2020 will be pushing it. Luxembourg Syndrome also used to amuse in the Channel Islands: population wakes up, discovers that every cousinfucking potatodigger / goatherd is a financial genius! I am covered, come what may: the Xmas beer is bubbling away.
The Instituto Cervantes runs courses explaining to Spanish speakers how to recycle themselves as teachers in the Anglosphere: “Lo más importante es no lanzarse a la aventura de la docencia sin más, porque no basta con ser nativo”, apunta Gemma Belmonte, profesora de español en el Cervantes londinense. Además de aprender a planificar una clase,…
