Fare thee well!

A telescope is aimed at a news ticker, 2 km away, showing a continuously flowing text stating things and thoughts: parts of the world, values and personal possessions that disappeared a long time ago or are destined to disappear someday in the future.Through the headset, the spectator hears an opera aria by Handel, creating a visual requiem of our times. Passers-by in the city see the projected texts too, but upside down. With this, the work poses the question of what distance is required to be able to reflect on the time and environment in which we live in.

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"Fare thee well!", Geschreven door Raccourci op mei 8, 2016
Laatst gewijzigd: 13 januari, 2023
Tags: Vertaalbureau Engels, Vertalen Engels
Gepost onder Engelse vertalingen, nieuws

Breaking the rules… part 1

Language is versatile and always changing. We are taught the ‘rules’ of grammar so that we can writea correct and comprehensible text and not sound stupid when doing so.
Due to modern dayconstraints of style and space because of texting, tweeting, slogans and brand names, copy- andcontent writers often do not have the luxury of concentrating on grammar.
But how relevant arethese rules in this day and age anyway?

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"Breaking the rules (1)", Geschreven door Raccourci op juli 20, 2015
Laatst gewijzigd: 13 januari, 2023
Tags: Vertaalbureau Engels, Vertalen Engels
Gepost onder Engelse vertalingen, nieuws

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese,

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"Why English is so hard to learn", Geschreven door Raccourci op juni 23, 2015
Laatst gewijzigd: 13 januari, 2023
Tags: Vertaalbureau Engels, Vertalen Engels
Gepost onder Engelse vertalingen, nieuws

The Dutch have left their mark on the English language through many centuries of cultural interaction and language contact across the North Sea.
Among other things, this traffic has brought many words from the Low Countries to the British Isles and it is ongoing; as testified by more recent additions such as apartheid and gabber.
Here are ten words that have their origins in the Dutch language. You may find some surprising:

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"From the Low Countries to the Highlands and beyond.", Geschreven door Raccourci op april 24, 2015
Laatst gewijzigd: 13 januari, 2023
Tags: Vertaalbureau Engels, Vertalen Engels
Gepost onder Engelse vertalingen, nieuws