{"id":38740,"date":"2018-06-13T06:11:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T11:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=38740"},"modified":"2018-06-13T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T04:49:10","slug":"language-log-a-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=38740","title":{"rendered":"\"Language Log\" — a request"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you are aware, our fans in China<\/a> and elsewhere around the world would like to translate \"Language Log\" into their own languages.\u00a0 The problem is that there are different words for \"language\" and \"log\" in the many languages that they wish to cover.<\/p>\n

For example, the Romance languages distinguish between the faculty of language\u2014the human capacity to communicate, using spoken or written signs\u2014from specific oral or written natural languages (French, Mandarin, etc.). One chooses between one word or the other depending on the subject under discussion. In English, the same word can be used for both phenomena.<\/p>\n

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For the Romance languages, our friends must choose between one of the following pairs:<\/p>\n

French: \u201clangage\u201d or \u201clangue\u201d
\nSpanish: \u201clenguaje\u201d or \u201clengua\u201d
\nPortuguese: \u201clinguagem\u201d or \u201cl\u00edngua\u201d
\nItalian: \u201dlinguaggio\u201d or \u201clingua\u201d<\/p>\n

A similar distinction must exist in other language families as well. Given the varied interests of the LL readership, they could choose one or the other.<\/p>\n

The same goes for \"log\".\u00a0 There has already been some preliminary discussion in the comments to previous posts about how to render the \"Log\" of \"Language Log\" in other languages than English.\u00a0 For instance, Wentao asks<\/a>, \"Isn't 'log' in LL a noun, as in 'captain's log', not a verb, as in 'log in'?\", and then proceeds to consider various Mandarin translations, depending upon how one understands the English.<\/p>\n

So, the floor is open.\u00a0 What are your suggestions for how to render \"language\" and \"Language Log\" in your respective tongues?<\/p>\n

Here is another set of variations<\/a> for people to provide feedback on.<\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n

\"Language Log logo and t-shirts<\/a>\" (6\/2\/18)<\/p>\n

\"No dictation<\/a>\" (6\/4\/18)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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