Take a few minutes to look at the video and take in the sights and sounds of a way of life threatened by extinction. This is the Juma culture in Brazil’s Amazon region. The language, also known as Juma, is a dialect of Kagwahiva, a branch of the Tupii Guaraani family of Amazonian languages. Juma and its phonetics were studied by American missionaries Arne and Joyce Abrahamson, from the Summer Institute of Linguistics in the 1970s.
Language Watch 3: Juma, the Amazon
Language Watch 2: Nanai
Once again, begin by closing your eyes and listening to the haunting tones of this song.
Read MoreLanguage Watch: Griko
In future, our Thursday morning posts, as mentioned last week, will be dedicated to minority and endangered languages throughout the world, helping raise awareness of this vital area of the work of Translation Commons, and simply enhancing our knowledge of a linguistic diversity that’s often hidden from view.
Language Digitisation Initiative: making indigenous languages readable and writeable in onscreen format
ProZ.com is in a partnership with Translation Commons to promote and support their important campaigns.
One of the most impressive of those campaigns is the LDI, or Language Digitisation Initiative, which works towards making indigenous languages readable and writeable in onscreen format.
Translation Postcards: Retno Damajanti in Bali, Indonesia
The air is heady with incense. Wherever you look there are colourful offerings – in the middle of a busy street, on the pavement, in little shrines in front of houses, in paddy fields, on the beach and of course at the feet of statues. Dressed in traditional lace tops, multi-coloured sashes and sarongs, women bear these offerings on trays – sometimes even riding a motorbike at the same time. Amid these timeless scenes, the sound of Hindu chanting alternates with the Muslim call to prayer floating in the air.
Read MoreGoodbye 2020! See top 10 ProZ.com blog posts this year
Of the 150 blog posts written by ProZ.com site staff in 2020, it is only fitting that a blog post about the disease that defined 2020, COVID-19, topped the list of most read blog posts. Other popular posts included those about how to position yourself for jobs, ways to improve profiles, explanations of some site features and the most popular from the translation postcard series.
Read MoreThe ProZ.com 2020 annual report is out
ProZ.com annual reports give progress updates to ProZ.com members on accomplishments, improvements and new developments made on the site.
Read MoreParenting, communities, how to get new clients, SDL Trados 2021 and inside the mind of a translator on day two of ITD 2020
Join ProZ.com/TV for the second day of a free live event on October 1 to celebrate International Translation Day. ITD 2020 streams live through ProZ.com and its social media platforms starting at 9:55 GMT on Thursday.
Yoga at your desk, audio visual translation, interpreting, collaboration on ITD 2020 day one
Join ProZ.com/TV for a free live event September 30 and October 1 to celebrate International Translation Day. ITD 2020 streams live through ProZ.com and its social media platforms starting at 9:20 GMT on Wednesday.
ProZ.com offers solutions for help translating terms or short phrases. For help, site members, users and guests can either post a KudoZ question where ProZ.com users will suggest answers or use term search to find these answers through glossaries and previous questions.
Read MoreLooking to add books to your reading list?
If you’re looking to add some interesting translation-related books to your reading list, ProZ.com books may be the best place to look.
Read MoreWatch the #LocNowAndFuture recordings on ProZ.com/TV
On June 15, ProZ.com/TV hosted the first #LocNowAndFuture, a virtual event centered around the changes COVID-19 has brought and the challenges that will arise in the localization sector in this “new normal”.
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Translation industry resources during the COVID-19 crisis
A number of translation industry companies have been working on providing a response to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, in order to help out industry professionals all over the world navigate these difficult times.
Read MoreTranslation A to Z: Agency
Interested in meeting up with your colleagues from home? ProZ.com is excited to bring you virtual powwows, where you can hook up with your colleagues - even during this time of social distancing.
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