uMabhengwaneYesterday, in therapy (because am broken, as should be obvious to anyone reading this) I didn’t start with any negative things or gripes or complaints – but I did end up talking about bridges. No, you idiot. Not the physical structure. It’s a metaphor. In this case, I am a bridge. In fact, I am […]
MGB I woke up, scrolled through Facebook (because I have now deleted Twitter, mostly because I spent years at institutions run by man-children with god-complexes and have no desire to willingly submit myself to the whims of yet another one), and there it was: “Gatsha is gone”. I haven’t yet messaged my father. I presume […]
a keynote presentation at the UniZul Conference on Sustainable Information representing: South African National Lexicography Units & South African Heritage Publishers For more information, you can visit http://www.saheritagepublishers.co.za or email info@saheritagepublishers.co.za. [greeting in isiZulu, explaining who I am and why I am here, and introducing the topic to everyone] Which word does one use for […]
Le yintandokazi yami yenkondlo. Ngithanda indlela iqhubeka ngayo, kusukela emehlweni kuya ezindlebeni, kungene olimini nasesifubeni. Ikhuluma ngamandla othando. Funda-ke uyijabulele. Ngumzamo wami wokuqala ukuhumushela isiGilikhi esiZulwini. φάινεταί μοι κῆνοσ ἴσοσ τηέοισινἔμμεν ὤνερ ὄστισ ἐναντίοσ τοιἰζάνει καὶ πλασίον ἀδυ φωνεύσασ ὐπακούει ibukeka kim’ injengothixo, noma yiph’ indod’ ebhekene nawe ehlez’ eduze nelimtot’ iphimbo lakho, elalele καὶ γαλαίσασ […]
You know something. Chances are, if you’ve made it to the point where you’re reading this, you know a few things. Kodwa uyakwazi nokwazi na? Do you really really know it? The best way to see how well uyazi is to fundisa. Give it a go. Help someone else learn the thing you know so […]
There are always stories in my head, but this week seems as good as any to keep track of what I am writing, here, on this electronic thing. Okokuqala, kunencwadi yobunsumansumane engiphethaphethayo kwamanje. Le ncwadi ibizwa ‘Impi yeHlathi’, ikhuluma ngoSikhulumi kaHlokohloko ezabalazela isizwe seHlathi elwa noyise, uHlokohloko. Izoshicilelwa nguClockwork Books ngoNdasa nyakenye, kanye nezinye ezimbili, […]
Incwadi ebizwa i-Iliad noma “inkondlo yakwa-Iliyonu” imnandi uma uyizwa njengomlaleli, kodwa inzima uma uyibona ngamehlo okuhumusha. Kunemibuzo eminingi! Okokuqala: kufanele ngiyihumushe iphelele, noma ngihumushe iziqephu nje? Okwesibili: ngizokwenzani ngesigqi senkondlo? IsiZulu asinasigqi esifana nesamaGilikhi esibizwa nge-dactylic hexameter. Kuneminye, kodwa kwamanje okusele wukuthi ngiqhubeke!
I’m going to do it. No, I’m doing it. I’m translating Homer into isiZulu. And there are so many different ways to start that it doesn’t feel like I’ve begun. But I have. There are about 200 translation equivalents already loaded between the two languages. Awesome. I’ve translated some of the names. Winning. So of […]