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Lost in translation: Prudish Washington Post journalist mistranslates spa, has time of her life in Karlovy Vary
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: February 7th, 2009
Categories: About Czechs and Czech Republic
• Environment
• Habits and customs
• Health
• History
• Holidays
• International perspectives: Czechs and the world
• Language
• Tourism
A slender blonde sitting next to me on a bench in Karlovy Vary's Spa III got up, tossed off the white read more »
Czech Language Institute makes dictionary available online
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: January 16th, 2009
Czech Language Institute, the guardian of Czech language usage guidelines, made available a wonderful online resource on http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz. It's targeted at Czechs, thus the interface and many of the grammatical explanations are in Czech but even beginner learners can take advantage of the search. Just type in any word in any form, click [Hledej] and get a full listing of its other forms as in the picture below. read more »
Czech Language Institute makes dictionary available online
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: January 16th, 2009
Czech Language Institute, the guardian of Czech language usage guidelines, made available a wonderful online resource on http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz. It's targeted at Czechs, thus the interface and many of the grammatical explanations are in Czech but even beginner learners can take advantage of the search. Just type in any word in any form, click [Hledej] and get a full listing of its other forms as in the picture below. read more »
Learn multiple Slavic languages at once with NiceTranslator
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 13th, 2008
Nicetranslator.com uses the Google Translate service to give instant response as you type and you can even choose multiple languages at once including Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, or Croatian. This could be useful for students of Slavonic languages in general but it also shows bits of sentences as you type them in. read more »
Google Announces Czech<->English dictionary - Best Online Tool Yet for Learners
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 11th, 2008
Google just released a Czech/English - English/Czech http://www.google.cz/dictionary that is the best online tool I've seen for learners. read more »
Google Announces Czech<->English dictionary - Best Online Tool Yet for Learners
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 11th, 2008
Google just released a Czech/English - English/Czech http://www.google.cz/dictionary that is the best online tool I've seen for learners. read more »
Google struggling to translate 'friends' into Czech
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 4th, 2008
Categories: Habits and customs
• Idioms
• Language
• Technology
• Vocabulary
• friend
• frienship
• idioms
• Translation
According to Zive.cz, Google.cz is asking the Czech internet community how they would like to translate the now ubiquitous word 'friend' into Czech. This is a real problem. read more »
Irglová: Czech singer and actress reaps fame rewards after Oscar win
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 14th, 2008
Categories: Culture
• Film
• Idioms
• International perspectives: Czechs and the world
• Music
• National identity
• You Tube Pick
"Co Čech to muzikant" (Scratch a Czech, find a musician) goes an old Czech saying (going back to 1800s at least) that used to be known around the musical world. And now it is again! read more »
People speaking Czech on YouTube 1: 10 Survival Phrases
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 9th, 2008
Sometime ago I started a theme of Czech music on YouTube but never followed up on it. Here's an extension of it: People speaking Czech on YouTube. There are lots of people speaking Czech on YouYube, sometimes the clips are funny, sometimes interesting and informative, and sometimes obscene. The first example is a run down of top 10 phrases from travellinguist.
Strčprstskrzkrk.com launches
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 8th, 2008
I've owned the StrčPrstSkrzKrk.com domain for a year but only now did I find a few minutes to make it live. All it contains is a video of me pronouncing the phrase. But with any luck, I will be adding more Czech tongue-twisters there, as time goes on. read more »
Strčprstskrzkrk.com launches
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 8th, 2008
I've owned the StrčPrstSkrzKrk.com domain for a year but only now did I find a few minutes to make it live. All it contains is a video of me pronouncing the phrase. But with any luck, I will be adding more Czech tongue-twisters there, as time goes on. read more »
Google Translate now does Czech, makes for a useful phrasebook
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: May 20th, 2008
Google Translate is mainly a source of merriment when funny mistranslations occur as they do on almost any text. But if it's all you have to get the gist of a page, it is (marginally better than nothing). And now, you can get Google translate for Czech (and many other related languages). read more »
Expand your vocabulary with this online gadget!
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: February 27th, 2008
I just got an early look at a great new gadget by the good people at Learnit Lists! It helps you practice 10 new words every day by putting it on your iGoogle page or in one of your social networks. read more »
Czech Language Institute makes dictionary available online
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: January 16th, 2009
Czech Language Institute, the guardian of Czech language usage guidelines, made available a wonderful online resource on http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz. It's targeted at Czechs, thus the interface and many of the grammatical explanations are in Czech but even beginner learners can take advantage of the search. Just type in any word in any form, click [Hledej] and get a full listing of its other forms as in the picture below. read more »
Learn multiple Slavic languages at once with NiceTranslator
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 13th, 2008
Nicetranslator.com uses the Google Translate service to give instant response as you type and you can even choose multiple languages at once including Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, or Croatian. This could be useful for students of Slavonic languages in general but it also shows bits of sentences as you type them in. read more »
Learn multiple Slavic languages at once with NiceTranslator
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 13th, 2008
Nicetranslator.com uses the Google Translate service to give instant response as you type and you can even choose multiple languages at once including Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, or Croatian. This could be useful for students of Slavonic languages in general but it also shows bits of sentences as you type them in. read more »
Google Announces Czech<->English dictionary - Best Online Tool Yet for Learners
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 11th, 2008
Google just released a Czech/English - English/Czech http://www.google.cz/dictionary that is the best online tool I've seen for learners. read more »
Google struggling to translate 'friends' into Czech
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 4th, 2008
Categories: Habits and customs
• Idioms
• Language
• Technology
• Vocabulary
• friend
• frienship
• idioms
• Translation
According to Zive.cz, Google.cz is asking the Czech internet community how they would like to translate the now ubiquitous word 'friend' into Czech. This is a real problem. read more »
Google struggling to translate 'friends' into Czech
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: December 4th, 2008
Categories: Habits and customs
• Idioms
• Language
• Technology
• Vocabulary
• friend
• frienship
• idioms
• Translation
According to Zive.cz, Google.cz is asking the Czech internet community how they would like to translate the now ubiquitous word 'friend' into Czech. This is a real problem. read more »
PĚT "P" (Pohromadě)
Author: Aczua Posted: June 13th, 2008
People speaking Czech on YouTube 1: 10 Survival Phrases
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 9th, 2008
Sometime ago I started a theme of Czech music on YouTube but never followed up on it. Here's an extension of it: People speaking Czech on YouTube. There are lots of people speaking Czech on YouYube, sometimes the clips are funny, sometimes interesting and informative, and sometimes obscene. The first example is a run down of top 10 phrases from travellinguist.
Strčprstskrzkrk.com launches
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 8th, 2008
I've owned the StrčPrstSkrzKrk.com domain for a year but only now did I find a few minutes to make it live. All it contains is a video of me pronouncing the phrase. But with any luck, I will be adding more Czech tongue-twisters there, as time goes on. read more »
Google Translate now does Czech, makes for a useful phrasebook
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: May 20th, 2008
Google Translate is mainly a source of merriment when funny mistranslations occur as they do on almost any text. But if it's all you have to get the gist of a page, it is (marginally better than nothing). And now, you can get Google translate for Czech (and many other related languages). read more »
Google Translate now does Czech, makes for a useful phrasebook
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: May 20th, 2008
Google Translate is mainly a source of merriment when funny mistranslations occur as they do on almost any text. But if it's all you have to get the gist of a page, it is (marginally better than nothing). And now, you can get Google translate for Czech (and many other related languages). read more »
Expand your vocabulary with this online gadget!
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: February 27th, 2008
I just got an early look at a great new gadget by the good people at Learnit Lists! It helps you practice 10 new words every day by putting it on your iGoogle page or in one of your social networks. read more »
