[I apologize if the number of postings today is high - there is a lot of material and I'm just catching up with some of it. This will be the last posting for today. DZO]
There apparently was an African language conference just recently at the University of Cape Town. Not much information on the web I can find. A short article about it follows, but first, the relevant webpage of its sponsor, ALASA, is http://www.alasa.org.za/ >From SABC News at http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,130570,00.html : Getting empowered at African language gathering July 04, 2006, 17:30 Language experts from around the globe are attending a conference on African languages at the University of Cape Town. The theme of the conference, hosted by the African Language Association of Southern Africa, is "Being Empowered by African Languages". The language experts say the major challenge facing indigenous languages is that most have not developed enough concepts in existing social disciplines. Abner Nyamende, a UCT senior lecturer, says there's a need to empower emerging professional translators to use language effectively. "There are things like ululation which you cannot translate, and there are idiomatic expressions that are difficult to translate as well as expressions which when you translate loose meaning in the English language". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
