Language Is The Foundation Of Civilization. It Is The Glue That Holds A People Together. It Is The First

I think sometimes we get so caught up in how a translation can never be a copy of the original that we forget what an amazing job many translators do every day and how a good translation can add layers and meaning to the original and I think that's beautiful

I hear your argument that I shouldn’t learn 5 languages at the same time however...I’m going to ignore it.

Still, I tried to ponder questions formulated in terms more familiar to me: what kind of worldview did the heptapods have, that they would consider Fermat’s principle the simplest explanation of light refraction? What kind of perception made a minimum or maximum readily apparent to them?

ARRIVAL (2016) dir. Denis VILLENEUVE based on Story of Your Life (1999) by Ted CHIANG

So, Hannah, this is where your story begins. The day they departed. Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it. And I welcome every moment of it.

Arrival (2016) dir. Denis Villeneuve 

reasons for learning languages that are just as valid as speaking, travelling, getting a job or passing proficiency exams ♡

discovering new songs & creating playlists dedicated to your target languages

being able to sing along to your favourite songs

watching tv shows/movies without subtitles

you’ll have an excuse to watch cartoons again

reading books in their original form

writing your own stories

writing a diary 

understanding new memes

having access to new youtube channels

learning about cultures

trying out recipes from the countries where your target language is spoken = eating more yummy food

having a hobby to keep your mind occupied

making even a little progress in your target language will make you feel good about yourself  

if you save them please like or credit @swwtcreature on twitter

cryin’ tears of gold like lemonade

ARRIVAL (2016) dir. Denis Villeneueve

Phew! It’s finished! Thank you to @embergeist and @mllebree for your help with some of the ASL. It’s been fun dusting off the cobwebs and relearning some sign language I’d forgotten over the years. I’m still playing around with the best ways to have Quasi “talk.” A lot of sign language involves motion which is tricky in static images. I did leave out some pronouns here and there like “I, me, her, etc” just to try to avoid Quasi looking too much like an octopus.