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 […]
I’m about to fly off to Australia transiting through Munich Airport π©πͺ … so I’m preparing myself to be ready to speak in “naΕ‘ jezik” (“our language”). π So what is this “naΕ‘ jezik” (“our language”)?π And why is it spoken at Munich Airport? “NaΕ‘ jezik” is the euphemism used by people from ex-Yugoslavia in […]
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 […]
