Wagging tongues and interpreting at the Woordfees
If you’ve already cast an eye over this year’s Woordfees guide – as has many a Woordfees follower – you may well have come across the Language Centre’s advertisement and…
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It’s golden, but awkward
To many, the festive season and family gatherings go hand in hand. At the same time, it’s an unwritten rule that you are bound to disagree with some distant relative…
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Welcome to our interpreting world
An experiential interpreting workshop – that’s what the research team of the Language Centre’s Interpreting Service came up with this year for the University’s annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning…
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A contemplation of living translation and interpreting on our doorstep
In September, one of the biggest triennial events on the global translation studies calendar took place in Stellenbosch: the ninth Congress of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST). The…
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Correct me if I’m wrong
We reckon correctional fluid wouldn’t have been invented if people used language perfectly. Now and again, everyone stumbles linguistically – when talking, writing and, increasingly, when texting. Every so often…
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A linguistic adventure for international students
Students from abroad who wish to improve their English have the opportunity to enrol in the Language Centre’s Intensive English Programme (IEP). The programme encourages students from different levels or…
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A mosaic of experiences at the oldest university in the world
Sanet de Jager, a Language Centre interpreter, took part in the University’s mobility project, through which SU students and staff can participate in exchange programmes for international exposure. Sanet spent…
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Book tsunami: The biggest wave yet
“This year, only half a box of books was left over after the Book Tsunami,” says Dr Vernita Beukes, Language Centre lecturer and organiser of the Centre’s annual Book Tsunami,…
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A toast to a sixth language at the Language Hub
It is seldom that we get a request from someone who wants to come to South Africa for three months to learn Afrikaans. But this did happen recently. Wietse Hilverda,…
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In April of this year, the comprehensive, multi-volume Afrikaans dictionary the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (the WAT) released its fifteenth volume, representing the second instalment for the letter S.…
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