News from JMS
Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…
Franglicisims
Sometimes translation is a gift. We came across the following words in a French to English text about ‘un weekend parfait’: mon pullover, mes jeans, mes tennis, le jogging, le shopping, les toasts au beurre. It was all rather deja vu….