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Cúpla focal for travellers to outer space
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:59:36 -0700
A REFERENCE guide to the local language is essential on any trip abroad, but what if your trip is to outer space? A new book gives all of the English-Irish translations essential to discuss space exploration in the first official language.
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Avalon Code - Dungeon Maps and Exploration Guide
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:42:57 -0700
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Government & Public Sector
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:28:41 -0700
Malta is an archipelago situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea between Southern Italy and the Northern African coast. The total area is 316 square kilometres that consists of Malta the largest island, Gozo, Comino and other small islands that are uninhabited.
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Twins caught in racism row
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:36:16 -0700
She spoke isiXhosa to a girl who sits next to her in class. And for that, Grade 11 Roosevelt High School pupil Luthando Nxasana was allegedly thrown out of class, prevented from writing two mid-year exams or going to the toilet, and forced to spend three school days standing in a foyer.
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Twins in school racism row
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:43:09 -0700
She spoke isiXhosa to a girl who sits next to her in class. And for that, Luthando Nxasana was allegedly thrown out of class.
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Book closing on printed dictionary
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:46:22 -0700
It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing.
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Common usage vs consistency
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:11:19 -0700
ISN’T it wrong to translate “Portuguese” to “ orang Portugis ” in Malay? Why can’t we just call them “orang Portugal”? If we meet a Chinese person, we call him/her “ orang Cina ”, not “ orang Cainis ”. The same goes with Japanese (“ orang Jepun ,” not “ orang Japanis ”) and Javanese (“ orang Jawa ,” not “ orang Javanis ”).
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Next Oxford English Dictionary May Go All-Digital
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:10:42 -0700
The reference's 21,000 pages weigh 137.72 pounds, but fit in 540 megabytes of digital storage. Oxford English Dictionary - England - Publishing - Oxford - Books
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