The Language of Songs Series | Song Translation, Meaning and Perspective Sometimes a translation changes words. Sometimes it changes rhythm. Sometimes it changes culture. And sometimes it changes the person speaking. That is when a translation stops being a translation and becomes a different work. Recently, I found myself comparing two versions of the same […]
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Language is not only about grammar or vocabulary lists. Sometimes, one word carries a whole city, a woman, a memory, a generation. That is the case with Kyivlyanka (киевлянка) — a word made famous by the Ukrainian singer Garik Krychevsky in his iconic song of the 1990s. Try to translate it into English, German, or […]
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By Tymur Levitin — founder, director, and lead educator at Levitin Language School🔗 Choose your language👤 Teacher Profile – Tymur Levitin He was sentenced to die for a crime he didn’t commit. The courtroom was silent. A young lawyer stood beside him, fighting not just for one man’s life — but for the meaning of […]
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🔗 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages🇬🇧 English Courses at Levitin Language School🇩🇪 German Courses at Levitin Language School🇺🇦 Learn Ukrainian A Journey Across Centuries and Languages When Virgil wrote the Aeneid in Latin over two thousand years ago, his goal was not just to tell a story of Aeneas. He was building a national epic — a cultural foundation for Rome, full of […]
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🟢 Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages What Are Realia? In the realm of translation studies, realia refer to culturally specific concepts that often have no direct equivalents in other languages. These are words and expressions deeply rooted in the cultural, social, or historical contexts of a particular linguistic community. The term “realia” is derived from Latin, and despite its plural […]
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