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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
Languages

May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...Le Millennium Condor). The French translators didn’t stop there: Han Solo became Yan Solo, Chewbacca was known as Chiktabba (and his “Chewie” diminutive “Chico”), and – most puzzlingly – Jabba the Hut’s name was translated as Jabba the forester (Jabba le Forestier), perhaps because translators assumed Jabba lived in a hut in a forest somewhere. Some of the...
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...les autres. More fundamentally, like any club managing “commons” the EU must protect itself against freeriding. For most clubs, benefits can spill over to outsiders, and it is unfair for these outsiders to benefit without contributing. The UK cannot, therefore, get a better deal now than David Cameron was granted last February, and so the concessions sought on free...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...le case italiane. Infine non dimentichiamo la pizza che, originariamente preparata nelle viuzze di Napoli, è ora diffusa in tutto il mondo! At the bakery -Buongiorno signora. -Buongiorno. Mi dà un filone da mezzo chilo, per favore? -Un filone da mezzo chilo, ecco. -Grazie. -Prego. Arrivederci. -Arrivederci. Translation -Good day, signora. -Good day. Can you give me a...
Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)
Education & Development

Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)

...Sen - Mae gwaith yr economegydd Amartya Sen (1995, 1999) wedi cyfrannu at ddatblygiad y dull gweithredu o ran ‘hawliau’ ac wedi dylanwadu ar gysyniadau o ‘ddiwallu anghenion’ unigolion heterogenaidd mewn cyd-destunau amrywiol. Roedd Sen yn dadlau bod canolbwyntio ar adnoddau (e.e. nifer yr oriau o gymorth gan gynorthwyydd addysgu o ganlyniad i sgôr isel mewn...
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...Le Bon’s The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind (1895). Le Bon problematised what we today would see as part of the popular democratic process; he views the crowd not so much as mindless but as of one collective mind acting towards theoretical inclinations. In his view, the psychological crowd is different from a physical crowd. He argues that the organised psychological...
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...Le presento a Carlos Frutos. – Let me introduce Carlos Frutos. Le presento a la señora Serra. – Let me introduce Mrs Serra. Le presento al* señor Bustos. – Let me introduce Mr Bustos. (* a + el → al) To introduce people in informal situations in Spanish, you can use the following expressions: Este es Carlos. – This is Carlos. Esta es Consuelo. – This is...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...le toca a usted. Utilizando el vocabulario de la red de palabras del paso anterior, explique durante unos treinta segundos aproximadamente cuáles son sus gustos y preferencias respecto a las distintas manifestaciones artísticas. Antes de empezar, mire la sección Atando cabos en la página siguiente e intente dar variedad a su charla usando las formas que ha aprendido....
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872) will give you a chance to see features of the Gothic at work within a literary example from the period. You can then try out some of these devices for yourself through a creative writing exercise. Let’s begin by setting out the basic characteristics of what is meant by ‘the Gothic’ in literature. What is Gothic? What do you think of when...