L’últim que es perd

I hope it’s true that Magic happens in Dublin!

Dublin

Als voltants de Dublin gairebe tot es verd.

I a la ciutat, l’unic que em fa recordar que Dublin es una poblacio amb tants habitants com Barcelona es la quantitat de gent que corre amunt i avall pel carrer tot el dia.

Els edificis son mes aviat baixets i, en proporcio, els son carrers amples. No se si ho fa la construccio d’obra vista, pero Dublin te un encant especial.

Si no, Dublin dona la sensacio de ser una poblacio mitjana (ciutat petita)…

Amb molts colors…

 

 

I amb molts espais agradables per passejar.

M’encanta el contrast entre el cel ple de nuvols ben foscos i la llum del sol acabat de sortir –a Dublin es facil veure-ho.

Cada vegada que hi he anat (3 cops aquest any), a estones feia sol i en d’altres plovia o feia una nuvolada considerable. A Dublin un sempre te tema de conversa : )

full time specialized position for 6000 EUR/year???????

How ridiculous can we get??

Translation and Copyrighting Specialist at Grifols, Sant Cugat, Spain.

Below are screenshots of the offer (sorry it’s split into two)

They should be ambarrassed to be offering that.

EDIT: in the comments below, in Catalan, Mezkal lets us know that the company, Grifols, has removed the information regarding salary. Mezkal also provides the following information: in Spain, minimum wage is 8.736 euros/year (that is, 624eur/month split into 14 pays). It was probably a mistake. Thanks, Mezkal!

plants from the desert

Aviat acabaré de penjar les fotos del viatge pel desert de l’oest llunyà dels EUA.

heart-shaped leaves

I took these on the same day I took a few shots of my grandma.

It finally feels like Fall here: a few nights last week we reached 43 or 44 ºF. This morning is mainly cloudy, although the sun shows up every now and then, which is nice : )

We’ve had the central heating on for a couple of days… and I admit I’m cozy seating by the electric heater : )

Happy Fall to all!

Barris de Barcelona

Posaré l’excusa que no sóc de la ciutat de Barcelona (només hi vaig viure durant uns quants mesos, després de néixer, al micro-pis que els meus pares hi tenien aleshores), per dir que no tenia ni idea que a la ciutat comtal hi hagués tants barris!

Aquest post és antic (del 2006), però serveix per fer-se’n una idea. Algú sap com va acabar el tema de la redenominació i divisió de barris?

Language endangerment-related videos

Thanks to Lev’s last post on the movie The Linguists, I’ve found a few jewels of videos on endangered language documentation, revitalization, etc.

The Linguists – Archiving for Speakers and Linguists is just one of them, but you’ll see some more related videos at the bottom of the screen.

la iaia | my grandmother (90)

La meva àvia finalment m’ha enganxat quan li estava fent fotos… : )

N’hi he fet un parell on les fulles fan de marc natural…

I és que m’ha agradat veure-la cosint altre cop, al jardí, prop de les seves plantes, després de 3 o 4 setmanes de dur el braç enguixat perquè es va una fisura en caure un dia de finals d’estiu, en una trobada familiar a Vilanova de Meià (o ajuntament Vva. de Meià)

Sweet video : )

I loved watching this video!!!  It’s nice, funny and sweet : )

I got to it thanks to a friend of mine who posted it on Facebook. Gràcies Montse!

Subtítulos en español

American Indian Languages Teaching Credential

AB 544

Teaching credential: American Indian Languages

“[...] This bill would require the commission, upon recommendation by a
tribal government of a federally recognized Indian tribe in
California, to issue an American Indian languages credential to a
candidate who has demonstrated fluency in that tribal language, and
met other requirements. The bill would authorize the holder of an
American Indian languages credential to teach the American Indian
language for which the credential was issued in California public
schools in preschool, kindergarten, grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and in
adult education courses, and would make the holder of that
credential eligible for a professional clear teaching credential upon
completion of a specified period of time and application and
consultation as specified. The bill would encourage each federally
recognized American Indian tribe to develop a written and oral
assessment that should be successfully completed before an applicant
is recommended for an American Indian languages credential.”

I found out about it thanks to an email sent to Endangered Languages emailing list at litserv.