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Consejos para la traducción

    Tras años de realizar traducciones y mucho más tiempo de leerlas y examinarlas, la experiencia y el sentido común me han llevado a aprender varias reglas que distinguen una traducción decente de una chapuza, y la más importante es que no basta con conocer los dos idiomas cualesquiera, si no que hay que tener también grandes cantidades de estilo y dedicación. Poco a poco, he ido aprendiendo estos consejos que me hubiera gustado haber sabido cuando empecé. Puesto que este artículo está escrito pensando en la traducción de canciones, muchos ejemplos y algunas notas se refieren a ellas, pero la mayoría, si no todos, se pueden aplicar a cualquier tipo de traducción, ya sea poesía, subtítulos o textos técnicos. ¡Espero que todo esto te sirva de ayuda!

English Cognates in Estonian

To simplify things for this lesson, I'll be focusing on cross-language congnates: words that sound similar in both English and Estonian, and have the same meaning. These are fun, and quite useful... especially because I bet you thought the two languages had nothing in common.

Useful Words & Phrases in Estonian

Tere - Hello
Tere hommikust - Good morning (said until midday)
Tere päevast - Good afternoon (said until dark)
Tere õhtust - Good evening (said after dark)
Head ööd - Good night

Estonian - Overview & Alphabet

Tere tulemast! You're one of the minority interested in Estonian, a beautiful Finno-Urgic language. Now, are you like my friends who stare blankly at me when I mention Estonia, and are not sure where it is or if it's even a real place? Estonia is a small country located in Europe, on the Baltic Sea. Until 1991, Estonia was part of the Soviet Union. And although it's considered a Baltic State along with Lithuania and Latvia, it actually has a lot in common with its neighbor across the sea, Finland (especially the language).

Overview of Japanese

With the popularity of anime, manga, music, and culture from Japan, many people are interested in the Japanese language today. But besides knowing how to say "konnichi wa" (hello) and "baka!" (idiot), there's a lot of folks who don't even know where to begin. This article will give you an overview of the language, and help you determine if you'll be dedicated enough to learn Japanese.

The Country That Speaks to Us : A Reflective thought on Language

Jorge Luis Borges establece algunas consideraciones de los distintos valores del inglés y del español, en su poco conocido libro: "The Spanish Language in South America, A literary Problem" Publicad

Words of Encouragement

1. Giving encouragement to others.

Case in the sentence

NOMINATIVE

used without prepositions

questions:
Ko? Šta?
Who? What?

meanings:

-Subject

NIKOLA trči.
NIKOLA is running.

-Noun which is a part of predicate

Život je MORE.

Countries

Srb: Švajcarska
Cro: Švicarska

Srb: Španija
Cro: Španjolska

Srb: Kipar
Cro: Cipar

Srb: Jermenija
Cro: Armenija

Srb: Avganistan
Cro: Afganistan

Srb: Mijanmar
Cro: Mjanma

Examples for present tense and perfect tense

PEĆI (to roast/to bake)

present

ja pečem
ti pečeš
on-ona-ono peče

mi pečemo
vi pečete
oni peKu

perfect

ja sam pekao/pekla
ti si pekao/pekla