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Polish: the world’s most loved – and Scotland’s first “other” – language

The French translators’ organisation (the Société française des traducteurs, or SFT) recently asked me to write an article about the Scots language, the inspiration being Scotland’s independence referendum on 18 September 2014. The article – beautifully translated by Géraldine Chantegrel – will be published in the December 2014 issue of Traduire, the SFT journal. See below for details of …

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Posted byMarian Dougan24 November 201428 November 2014Posted inLanguage, Life and work and everything elseTags: Language, Language World Cup 2014, Polish, scots, SFTLeave a comment on Polish: the world’s most loved – and Scotland’s first “other” – language

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