Working in IT? π©π»βπ» Would you call yourself an IT-ian, Hitechist or Startupist? These are literal translations of actual terms used to describe people working in IT. In Bosnian π§π¦, Croatian ππ·, Montenegrin π²πͺ and Serbian π·πΈ, people working in IT are known as “IT-jevac” (m), “IT-jevka” (f) and “IT-jevci” (p). Of course “IT” is […]
Back from a week researching around Montenegro π²πͺ, Bosnia and Herzegovina π§π¦ and Croatia ππ· with a writer friend of mine. An amazing time! π βοΈ For anyone working with languages, trips to “territory” (where those languages are spoken) are valuable for language maintenance and seeing and hearing what’s on trend linguistically, particularly slang. There’s […]
Two more language directions have been added to my Institute of Translation and Interpreting profile (check it out here https://www.iti.org.uk/directory/member/mr-nick-nasev.html):β Bosnian to Englishβ Montenegrin to English That brings my total to six π. Some background… The breakup of Yugoslavia over 30 years ago transformed what was once one language, Serbo-Croatian, into four: Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin […]
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts today βͺοΈ For the past few years there has been debate in some countries over what to actually call the month. In Bulgaria, where over 10% of the population is Muslim, online forums have been going off about whether to call it ‘Ramazan’, the traditional Balkan way (originally […]
Do you know what to do with hugging and cheek-kissing in southeast Europe? Do you know which countries kiss twice and others three times? One time in the mid-1990s I had to walk the last kilometre to the Bulgaria-Macedonian border uphill with heavy luggage. This was pre-mobile phone days, so I had no idea if […]
