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Em duas línguas: Getting started
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Friday, August 13, 2004. Quem não vê bem uma palavra. Não pode ver bem uma alma". Who doesn't see a word well. Doesn't see a soul well. Fernando Pessoa (in A LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA, 1997:Assírio and Alvim). Now the first question is: Do I translate or not? If I do, how? How do I represent the words in different languages? This is an exploratory blog, to try out what I do. Posted by bev trayner at 8/13/2004 10:41:00 AM.
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Em duas línguas: Bilingual Continous Partial Attention
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Sunday, July 02, 2006. Bilingual Continous Partial Attention. I notice how much I procrastinate when I have to write something in Portuguese. And when I say procrastinate I mean really. Procrastinate. That's the same whether it's a short email or a report. I hum. I suspect that operating with Continuous Partial Attention. Is harder to do in two languages. There are two people in particular I'm thinking of, one of whom is my...
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Em duas línguas: More anti-procrastination strategies
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Monday, August 21, 2006. I've been reading Suw Charman's Desk diary update. In her fight against procrastination, with interest. I am Queen of writing to-do lists, which only ever get longer. I've got (real) post-it notes all around my workspace, I've got a flip-chart prominently placed in my sitting room. And I gave up after a month. As I set myself up for a very busy September and October, I have to get my systems set up ...
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Em duas línguas: Thinking of Drupal
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Wednesday, July 19, 2006. Before going down to a workshop in Brighton last week I spent the weekend in London to catch up on family and also to have an informal meeting about Drupal (Open Source Content Management System). Yes, I'm thinking of converting to Drupal. I was with Nancy White. And we met up with David Wilcox. And Dan, and Andy Roberts. However, the confusing thing about Drupal is that it can do so much. So m...
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Em duas línguas: Multitasking Attention Dexterity - I want some
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Saturday, July 01, 2006. Multitasking Attention Dexterity - I want some. I would love this post from from Jeffrey Treem about Fifty Ways to Take Notes. And she's right. I love it! It's like opening the toy box - familiar and new toys, just waiting for me to play with them. And I also have post-it notes all over my sofa and on my screen. But the one tool I can depend on to keep order in my life is . a flipchart. That brings ...
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Em duas línguas: Getting ready: next phase
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Saturday, August 19, 2006. Getting ready: next phase. So I haven't been blogging much because:. 1 I've had lots of reports to write and work to finish. 2 I'm starting some new projects and have to take care of them. 3 I'm working at less than half speed because I am tired and I dream of going to the beach and doing holiday like things. 4 I feel the time has come to start a new blog. Categorize your posts. Another small ...
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Em duas línguas: Today I was distracted
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Wednesday, August 09, 2006. Today I was distracted. View from my appartment . Posted by bev trayner at 8/09/2006 08:15:00 PM. Espero que já esteja controlado. apesar das feridas que só o tempo poderá sanar. É sempre triste ver estas imagens. Looks really scary. I saw it on the news too. Are they able to control it? And are you okay, Bev? View my complete profile. This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from Bev Trayner.
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Em duas línguas: Clicking on home
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Thursday, March 23, 2006. Kevin Lim of theory.isthereason. Ponders on the location of "home". He was responding to Peishan's question. Is it that important to have a home? To feel like we belong to somewhere, to someone, to something? There are more of us rafeiros! Kevin doesn't mind living anywhere in the world, "so long as there's an Internet connection" and wouldn't mind having a static IP address! Whether or not we've e...
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Em duas línguas: Intellectual hygiene v messy methods
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Sunday, July 02, 2006. Intellectual hygiene v messy methods. Just suggested that I keep a different blog for personal, non-technical stuff. That reminded me of why I don't like Blogger. In Wordpress or Typepad, for example, you just categorise your different posts; you don't need different blogs for different parts of your life. But then, that reminded me. My problem is. And also what fascinates me about tagging). Yet still...
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Em duas línguas: Bar Camp Portugal
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Some thoughts while living two languages, and all that those languages represent. Saturday, August 19, 2006. I would like to go to Bar Camp Portugal. Which is taking place in Coimbra Portugal 2 - 3 September. The idea behind Bar Camp. Held in different places all over the world is cool. It's about Web2.0 and related things:. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. When you come, be prepared to share with barcampers. View my complete profile. Kwani -...