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| Budz Octoglot Senior Member Australia languagepump.com Joined 6370 days ago 118 posts - 171 votes  Speaks: German*, English, Russian, Esperanto, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Cantonese, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Persian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Swahili, Vietnamese, Polish | Message 97 of 149 05 February 2012 at 3:10am | IP Logged | ||
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A minor quibble...
The book states that there is a MYTH (my caps) about poliglots that they speak all their languages equally well. Has anyone out there actually heard of such a myth? Surely anyone and everyone can work out for themselves that the more languages you learn, the less well you'll know some of them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6906 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 98 of 149 05 February 2012 at 11:38am | IP Logged | ||
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I wouldn't necessarily call it a myth, but as soon as people around me (friends, colleagues etc.) learn that I have studied a couple of languages, they somehow think that I can interpret and translate back-and-forth effortlessly. Same thing with music - if you know how to play more than one instrument, you're almost supposed to be able to use all of them in all genres.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 99 of 149 05 February 2012 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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A new review of "Babel No More" by an anonymous blogger who is a polyglot and uses languages professionally.
The Language Blog: Inside the Mind of A Polyglot If average language learners speak their languages on different levels, why shouldn't polyglots speak their languages on different levels as well? I haven't heard about this MYTH about polyglots. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Budz Octoglot Senior Member Australia languagepump.com Joined 6370 days ago 118 posts - 171 votes Speaks: German*, English, Russian, Esperanto, Ukrainian, Mandarin, Cantonese, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Persian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Swahili, Vietnamese, Polish | Message 100 of 149 05 February 2012 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, there's no such myth. Unfortunately the author seems to make up a few myths through the book just for dramatic effect or as a device to introduce a contrasting idea.
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| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 101 of 149 07 February 2012 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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YOU TUBE VIDEO:
SPA: Alkantre habla de "Babel No More" en el español. ENG: Alkantre speaks about "Babel No More" in Spanish. Alkantre: Platica sobre "Babel No More" Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6700 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 102 of 149 08 February 2012 at 1:19am | IP Logged | ||
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Actually Alkantre has made 3 videos about this book, one in English, another in Spanish and a third in a number of languages (and this last one he refers to a video by some mysterious Dane).
And Steve Kaufmann ('Lingosteve') has also made a video about it. Erard certainly can't complain about the reception of his book! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5844 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 103 of 149 10 February 2012 at 4:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now Michael Erard compares polyglots with translators (and some polyglots are or were translators). Here is his article:
Michael Erard: Polyglot vs Translator: Different Takes on Multilingualism Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 10 February 2012 at 4:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6916 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 104 of 149 10 February 2012 at 5:13pm | IP Logged | ||
As a translator, being forced to precisely comprehend every nuance and convey the meaning of a foreign text into your native language (for a monolingual speaker) rather than just "understanding" the text in the foreign language can be a very humbling experience for any language learner, especially when faced with texts that you would not normally read or have access to as a non-translator.
Edited by translator2 on 10 February 2012 at 5:15pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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