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I studied Classics at Oxford University and have lived in Spain and Bulgaria. I have translated more than seventy books from Bulgarian, Catalan, Galician, and Spanish into English. I have written four books on the spiritual content of language: “The DNA of the English Language” (2007), an introduction; “The Life of a Translator” (2013), on coincidence in translation; “Stones Of Ithaca” (2019), on the connection between language and the environment; and “Seven Brief Lessons on Language” (2023), an overview of how language contains meaning. I have also recorded a sixteen-part video series on language called “Theological English” (available to watch on Vimeo and YouTube).

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	Seven Brief Lessons on Language 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemporary Galician Poets: A Poetry Review Supplement. 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Intruso (Spanish Edition): Una novela de Old Castle (Crónicas de Old Castle nº 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthology of Galician Literature (1196-1981) - Antoloxía da Literatura Galega it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Cimitero delle Ossa – Racconti brevi del macabro e del morboso (Italian Edition): Volume Uno (la serie del cimitero) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finali Morti (Italian Edition): Vol 1 La Serie dei Morti really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Squatter (Husokkupanten): (Norwegian edition) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Intruso (Spanish Edition): Una novela de Old Castle by Jonathan Dunne (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Intruso (Italian Edition): Un romanzo di Old Castle liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Cimitero delle Ossa – Racconti brevi del macabro e del morboso (Italian Edition): Vol II (la serie del cimitero) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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