Translation week

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Across
  1. 6. I love playing board games. We have collected several over the years and we are excited to teach our kids as they get older
  2. 7. I am a financial coach.
  3. 8. It was only in the 19th century that ____ translators started signing their work with their own name; previously they used pseudonyms or did not sign their translations at all to avoid ridicule or rejection of their work.
  4. 9. The word means ‘no comment’ but can easily be mistranslated as ‘not worthy of comment’. It was uttered by the Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki when asked by the press about Japan’s surrender. Ten days later, the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
  5. 13. Historians have concluded that translation of “Epic of ___” was carried out as early as the Mesopotamian era when the work of this Sumerian poem was translated into Asian languages, dating back to around the second millennium BC.
  6. 16. Accessible in over 500 languages.
  7. 18. Linguists who are responsible for finding the equivalent word from the source language in the target language.
  8. 21. One of the top origin languages.
  9. 22. One of the few languages that are read from right to left.
  10. 23. On the weekend you can find me playing basketball with my brother, hitting the jacuzzi afterwards, heading out for a smoothie, heading back home and playing with my dog for a bit, then maybe going out to try a new place with my gf. Sunday morning, I study and get ready for the week.
  11. 24. My hidden talent is to make good mojitos and guacamole.
  12. 27. One of the most targeted languages for translation.
  13. 29. Is considered to be the most difficult language to learn.
  14. 30. My hidden talent is quoting lines from movies.
  15. 32. One of the most widely spoken languages.
  16. 34. Translated the Old Testament into Latin directly from the original Hebrew.
Down
  1. 1. I wanted to be a background dancer. I always wished I could dance with Britney Spears and as a teenager with Ciara or Chris Brown.
  2. 2. The most translated fictional work in the world with over 300 translations across the world.
  3. 3. I have found a new joy in waking up early to walk my dog. The dawn is a very peaceful place.
  4. 4. Can be read in almost 650 languages.
  5. 5. Lists the entirety of the books translated in the world.
  6. 8. Amount in billions that represents translation industry's income.
  7. 10. Original meaning is ‘the carrying from one place to another”.
  8. 11. Even though I'm Mexican and grew up eating all kinds of delicious food I can't eat anything spicy I avoid even jalapenos! Just never acquired the taste for it!
  9. 12. ___ Day, pays tribute to the work of translators who help wipe out our differences by breaking down the language barriers.
  10. 14. One of my hobbies is diamond painting.
  11. 15. My favorite memory is waking up to the sound of a rooster singing in the morning at my grandparents’ home in Mexico.
  12. 17. Learning Spanish opened many doors for me (including working here), so that, probably getting into nursing school while being a single mom and working full time. Probably paying off debt and sticking to a budget has been a major accomplishment for me too.
  13. 19. After a busy I unwind by practicing boxing, Muay Thai or with a glass of wine.
  14. 20. Translators who translate from English to this language are apparently the highest paid.
  15. 25. On the weekend you can find me working, bartending mixing drinks or hanging out with friends or my family.
  16. 26. Easiest language to translate.
  17. 28. Most people don’t know I’m a romantic.
  18. 30. The most common official language, with recognized status in 51 countries.
  19. 31. How many minutes does it take a professional translator to translate around 250 words.
  20. 33. I wanted to be a veterinarian.