Monthly Archives: February 2017

The Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect and translation

23rd February 2017

The connection between the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect and translation may not seem obvious to begin with but ‘forgetting what you know’ is something that can sometimes happen during a project. ‘Fake news’ and crystal balls There has been a lot of talk recently about ‘fake news’ and how various news networks have been guilty… Read more »

Arrival, Translation and the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis

3rd February 2017

Arrival, if you haven’t already seen it, is a science fiction film based on a short story by Ted Chiang entitled “Story of Your Life”. The plot centres on a linguist, tasked with communicating with the extra-terrestrial visitors but in order to do so, must first translate their native language into something that humans are… Read more »

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