This morning I have unearthed what I think is a superbly animated and illustrated video entitled “Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns)“, by Helen Sword in the TED-Ed collection.
Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Disorder in the American courts
To cheer up your Monday in the midst of what seems to be a pretty miserable time… I recently happened upon a book entitled Disorder in the American Courts, published in 2016.
It apparently uses “actual quotes, word for word, from real court proceedings!’, and is illustrated with some great cartoons that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.
Monday smile – T&Cs, comic style
Just in case you’ve missed this…
Back in 2015 R. Sikoryak, a graphic artist, decided to illustrate the iTunes Terms & Conditions as a series of comic plates in the style of various classic characters. This has given rise to a 96-page graphic novel. 🙂
Plants and communication
Attendees of #W2D2017 received a plantable badge. 🙂 As Jenny W. said, the “intended metaphor is clear enough”. We all hope that the conference will have lasting and continuing effects on our profession.
Part of this post is to pass on some planting advice, but that got me thinking back to a fantastic project in Tuscany, Italy, the inception of which I was lucky enough to visit, on rendering signals emitted by the roots of an olive tree. Intrigued? Read on. This is translation as we have never known it…
Monday smile – Virtual vs physical conferences…
I think you might enjoy this video I found – I’ve definitely been there and I expect you have too! 🙂
Monday smile – Marmalade Droppers
I happened upon this expression earlier this month: “marmalade droppers”. Also known as “muffin chokers” in the USA apparently. Defined by Macmillan dictionaries as “a piece of information, especially a newspaper article or headline, that is very shocking or exciting“.
Monday smile – The best of intentions…
Have you made a list? Or several lists? 🙂
Or have you decided to resist “resolution pressure”?
Monday smile – Mince pie legalities
You may well be enjoying some traditional mince pies today, but at certain times in England’s past this was not a given…
Monday smile – Horses, pantomime and metaphorical
Last week saw the 7th London Pantomime Horse Race – a seasonal charity event dubbed by the capital’s newspaper, the Evening Standard as ‘The daftest contest in the racing calendar“. This year, the annual event’s theme was ‘United Neighhh-tions‘.
Monday smile – Meandering roads
As we draw to the close of the year, I’m sure readers are, like me, making countless lists and planning future projects. So today’s smile is just to remind us that patience and endurance may be needed…
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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