Today we wrapped up our brief introduction to all these aspects of Translation and Linguistics. This evening we had a meal of autnetic Asian foods, from China, Thailand and Korea. The Missionary who spoke to us is working with the Hmong people in China. All in all another good day.
Wednesday
Today we finished our brief introduction to phonetics and moved on to phonology. And we continued with the other areas of introduction. This evening Mmexican was the theme, with an authentic dinner and a presentation form a translator working in southern Mexico in the Zapotec language. Like the previous two days, I have more information stuck in my head and not yet enough time to sort it all out.
Tuesday
Today we continued learning about grammar and phonetics and such… Grammar is interesting..though in school I remember being bored to death by it.. Phonetics is challenging… And the subjects of Literacy and Translation have opened my eyes up to things I hadn’t really thought about before. Dinner was from the Central African Republic – really delicious. And the member from CAR who presnted her ministry there was very engaging and increased my interest in the role of non-Nationals in partnering with native speakers in translation. She did a excellent job explaining the various facets of translation work and some of the joys and some of the difficulties of that work. All in all a very profitable day.
WBT
I arrived at Wycliffe Bible Translators regional office near Lancaster, Pa yesterday evening. I’m here to participate in a week long introduction to Translation and Linguistics called TOTAL it Up (or TIU). Today, we had introductory sessions on Phonetics, Literacy, Grammar and Language Learning. More on these subjects as the workshop progresses. Dinner was an authentic Peruvian meal. Absolutely delicious. More to come…
that gave me a good shot in the arm….
or two…
Last Wednesday morning the good folks at the Scioto County Health department graciously stuck me with a nice dose of Hepatitis vaccine (the first of three in a series) and a slightly less pleasant dose of Diptheria,Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine.
At least needles have gotten smaller since when I was a child.
The grandmotherly nurse was friendly and helpful though, and was kind enough to give me Bob and Larry bandaids to cover my miniscule wounds.
And next week, I get to get the typhoid shot.
(they had to order it, not much typhoid risk around here)
One month til departure and many things still need working out, so pray, please.