{"id":387,"date":"2010-05-04T06:35:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2010-05-04T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T13:41:34","slug":"familiar-yet-unfamiliar-alphabet-fusion-in-lithuanian-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Familiar yet strange: &#8220;Alphabet fusion&#8221; in Lithuanian translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"photo  sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lwr\/96825282\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/41\/96825282_b2548336c0_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/facts-and-arguments\/alphabet-fusion\/article1541049\/\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em> piece &#8220;Alphabet fusion&#8221;<\/a> appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrytas.lt\/-12729725641272499856-lietuvi%C5%B3-kilm%C4%97s-ra%C5%A1ytojos-j-%C5%A1ukys-namuose-monrealyje-skamba-trij%C5%B3-kalb%C5%B3-mi%C5%A1inys.htm\">Lithuanian translation in the national daily <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrytas.lt\/-12729725641272499856-lietuvi%C5%B3-kilm%C4%97s-ra%C5%A1ytojos-j-%C5%A1ukys-namuose-monrealyje-skamba-trij%C5%B3-kalb%C5%B3-mi%C5%A1inys.htm\">Lietuvos rytas<\/a> <\/em>(Lithuanian morning). It was a very surreal (not to say postmodern) experience to read it.<\/p>\n<p>The article talks about how our family lives in three languages (Lithuanian, English and French), about what Lithuanian can do that English and French can&#8217;t, and about the linguistic choices that our son Sebastian makes himself.<\/p>\n<p>So, to read about all this in Lithuanian, a language I live in but don&#8217;t write in, and the central language the piece was about, was, to say the least, odd and interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Familiar yet strange, mine yet not.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there&#8217;s another essay in that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrytas.lt\/-12729725641272499856-lietuvi%C5%B3-kilm%C4%97s-ra%C5%A1ytojos-j-%C5%A1ukys-namuose-monrealyje-skamba-trij%C5%B3-kalb%C5%B3-mi%C5%A1inys.htm\">You can access the article through this link. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Photo: Leo Reynolds]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Familiar%20yet%20strange%3A%20%22Alphabet%20fusion%22%20in%20Lithuanian%20translation\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning my Globe and Mail piece &#8220;Alphabet fusion&#8221; appeared in Lithuanian translation in the national daily Lietuvos rytas (Lithuanian morning). 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