More of a social experience than a meal, the Italian ‘spaghettata’ refers to pasta eaten with friends at an unconventional time. How would you translate it? 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 UE in Italia

The Latvian alphabet features several unique letters that include both vowels and consonants, like Ā, Č, Ē, Ģ, Ī, Ķ, Ļ, Ņ, Š, Ū and Ž. 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 EK pārstāvniecība 🇪🇺🇱🇻

You want to learn at least one Lithuanian word? You may have it in your pocket! Since 2015, there is a 2-euro coin with a Lithuanian word AČIŪ – “thank you” – on it! 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8

Hungarian is an agglutinative language: it glues small elements to a word’s root to express things. You can often squeeze a complete sentence into a single word! 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Európai Bizottság 🇪🇺

Meet “mela”, the superhero of the Maltese language, with many meanings: “of course”, “tell me more”, “are you out of your mind”... Master this word and sound like a true native Maltese speaker! 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 EU Commission Malta

#Translation is losing and winning: meaning gets lost, new meaning arises. Indeed, words are the tip of the iceberg: behind #words, much #culture is hidden! How would you translate the Dutch verb ‘uitwaaien’? 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Europa in Nederland EU Commissie in België / Commission UE en Belgique

European Day of Languages 2024: Let's celebrate 20 years of Polish in the EU and our unity in diversity, or "jedność w różnorodności" [jɛdnɔɕt͡ɕ v ruʐnɔrɔdnɔɕt͡ɕi]. 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Komisja Europejska

In several languages, this fruit is named after a European country. Do you know which country it is? And what languages? 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Comissão Europeia em Portugal

Discover Hungarian terminologists' latest work at the #TranslatingEurope workshop in Budapest. Explore how terminology impacts translation. Attend in person or virtually. 🌐📚💻 🔗 europa.eu/!FfxwCJ⁣ ⁣#TEW #xl8 #Translation #Terminology Európai Bizottság 🇪🇺

In Romania, we say “Ziua Europeană a Limbilor” J But in Romanian “limbă” means both “language” and “tongue”, which can sometimes lead to funny confusions 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Comisia Europeană

🇸🇰 Slovak is clustered with consonant clusters. Try saying "prst" (finger) or "vlk" (wolf)! Can you say "štvrťročný plán" (quarterly plan) without twisting your tongue? 😄 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Európska komisia v SR

Would you get offended if someone told you in the face “Three hundred hairy bears?” Today this rather funny swear word can still be occasionally heard, but mainly in literature and among elderly people. 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 Evropska komisija

Join the Translators' Day Seminar on small languages! Register before 26 September for insights on small EU languages & translation challenges💡 📅 30 September 2024⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🕘 10:00-15:00 CET⁣ 🔗 bit.ly/47PFKc9 #TEW #xl8 #TranslatorDay #SmallLanguages

Imagine stepping out into the fresh air, allowing the wind to clear away the cobwebs of your mind. This is what the Finnish word 'happihyppely' – 'oxygen jumping' – suggests! 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 EU-komissio Suomessa

Flygskam, “flight shame”/ “avihonte”, and tågskryt, “train brag”, translation loans from Swedish that express 🙁🙂 about carbon footprint. Are they in your language? 🔗 europa.eu/!Mh8dQ3 #EDLangs #languages #xl8 EU-kommissionen

Happy European Day of Languages from all of us @ DG Translation 🎉 Christos Ellinides #EDLangs #xl8 #translation

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Register for the 4th cross-border workshop on good practices in audiovisual translation and media accessibility training. 📅 30 Sep 2024⁣⁣⁣⁣ (register by 29 Sep) 🔗 europa.eu/!yxXKTB ⁣#TEW #xl8 #Translation #EMTnet #EMTSummerSchool