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“Be selfish," he whispered. "Be brave.”
― Babel
― Babel
“So, you see, translators do not so much deliver a message as the rewrite the original. And herein lies the difficulty - rewriting is still writing, and writing always reflects the authors ideology and biases.”
― Babel
― Babel
“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― Babel
― Babel
“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
― Babel
― Babel
“you can fixate on the past. or you can create a better future. which way is it going to be.”
― Crownchasers
― Crownchasers
NORDP Book Club
— 56 members
— last activity Nov 01, 2024 12:17PM
Born on twitter at NORDP 2017 during the "Leadership Without Authority" session. ...more
Food for Thought - KYP Book Club
— 4 members
— last activity Oct 31, 2015 12:42PM
This book club led by Keweenaw Young Professionals will read books and periodically meet to discuss. The books are geared toward personal and professi ...more
Women's Leadership Society
— 2 members
— last activity Apr 18, 2018 05:50AM
List of reads suggested at meetings. All these books have been read and enjoyed by women.
NORDP GL Bookclub
— 10 members
— last activity Dec 01, 2023 05:38AM
A book club driven by Great Lakes region of NORDP. We wanted this group to be separate from the NORDP Book Club idea. However, we may invite in other ...more
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