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 »
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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
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.
Can you teach an old president new tricks?
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: February 16th, 2008
"Starého psa novým kouskům nenaučíš" goes the saying. But the freshly re-elected right-wing nationalistic populist Václav Klaus isn't particularly interested in anything new: “I will fight to retain the Czech koruna for as long as it is advantageous for Czechs,” he boasted. read more »
Free pocket guide to Czech language
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: September 30th, 2007
Single-serving.com has come up with an easy to print and fold PDF brochure covering most of the basic phrases a tourist coming to the Czech Republic may want. The format makes it easy to carry in your pocket.
Hollywood Rains Puns on Czech
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: July 13th, 2007
Jossip Brad And Angie Take A Rain Czech Ditch Boring Senators In Favor Of Glam Hollywood Film July 12th, 2007 » 2 Comments angelina-jolie-pensivemic.JPG According to Us Weekly, Angelina Jolie hasn’t exactly been living up to her (honorary) title as U.N. Ambassador. Reportedly, the pro-adoption humanitarian recently left the Czech senate hanging, canceling a planned get-together in Prague in order to wrap up shooting her latest film, Wanted.read more »
PĚT "P" (Pohromadě)
Author: Aczua Posted: June 13th, 2008
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 »
Translating Prime Minister's profanity
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: January 13th, 2008
Now, the prime minister Topolánek is getting sued for saying this: "Češi obvykle ale vidí všechno negativně a když k něčemu dojde, podělají se". read more »
Learn Czech web navigation with Aktuálně
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: September 18th, 2007
This nascent Czech news service has finally introduced an RSS feed but even more importantly it provides its non-Czech speaking users with a handy little glossary for understanding the Czech navigation on their site. Perhaps the most important: read more »
