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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable
we
are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology
of Low
Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche
Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”)
collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read
more ...
Dante
Ferry contacted me in late August of 2006. Initially he was asking for help with
his
own translation project involving Roman Catholic prayers. I happily obliged
(and I encourage others to do so, contacting Dante at danteferry@yahoo.com). Being a language enthusiast like most members of Lowlands-L, Dante was quite
happy
to reciprocate by contributing his own Tagalog translations and by soliciting
translations into other Philippine languages from his fellow Filipinos.
Dante lives in Manila,
is a chemist by trade and has studied in the United States. He is very well
informed about language and linguistics. This is not
limited to the over 170 languages of his own country. Like most of us Lowlanders,
he
does
not confine his interest to “major” language varieties but approaches lesser-known
ones with equal passion, respect and curiosity. He is more than happy to include
all of them in his effort to have essential prayers translated with authenticity
and freshness by today’s voices of his multilingual country. And he is keen
to include languages of other parts of the world as well.
I truly enjoyed
working with Dante and hope we will continue our contact and collaboration
for a long time. It isn’t everyday that you bump into someone new that shares your passions, views and
interests and at the same time comes with so finely calibrated an intellect
and so noble and generous
a spirit—someone who’s simply a very pleasant person.
For
now
I
sincerely thank
Dante
for
the privilege of his attention and for his
kind
and
enthusiastic
help, and on behalf of all Lowlanders I wish this true
gentleman well
with
his
own
project
and
everything
else
in
his
life.
Please click here to leave an anniversary message (in any language you choose). You do not need to be a member of Lowlands-L to do so. In fact, we would be more than thrilled to receive messages from anyone. Click here to read what others have written so far.
What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable
we
are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology
of Low
Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche
Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”)
collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read
more ...
Dante
Ferry contacted me in late August of 2006. Initially he was asking for help with
his
own translation project involving Roman Catholic prayers. I happily obliged
(and I encourage others to do so, contacting Dante at danteferry@yahoo.com). Being a language enthusiast like most members of Lowlands-L, Dante was quite
happy
to reciprocate by contributing his own Tagalog translations and by soliciting
translations into other Philippine languages from his fellow Filipinos.
Dante lives in Manila,
is a chemist by trade and has studied in the United States. He is very well
informed about language and linguistics. This is not
limited to the over 170 languages of his own country. Like most of us Lowlanders,
he
does
not confine his interest to “major” language varieties but approaches lesser-known
ones with equal passion, respect and curiosity. He is more than happy to include
all of them in his effort to have essential prayers translated with authenticity
and freshness by today’s voices of his multilingual country. And he is keen
to include languages of other parts of the world as well.
I truly enjoyed
working with Dante and hope we will continue our contact and collaboration
for a long time. It isn’t everyday that you bump into someone new that shares your passions, views and
interests and at the same time comes with so finely calibrated an intellect
and so noble and generous
a spirit—someone who’s simply a very pleasant person.
For
now
I
sincerely thank
Dante
for
the privilege of his attention and for his
kind
and
enthusiastic
help, and on behalf of all Lowlanders I wish this true
gentleman well
with
his
own
project
and
everything
else
in
his
life.
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Dante
Ferry contacted me in late August of 2006. Initially he was asking for help with
his
own translation project involving Roman Catholic prayers. I happily obliged
(and I encourage others to do so, contacting Dante at