How Does Language Shape the Way we Perceive the World? | November 2022

Episode 268 November 30, 2022 00:11:24
How Does Language Shape the Way we Perceive the World? | November 2022
Localization Today
How Does Language Shape the Way we Perceive the World? | November 2022

Nov 30 2022 | 00:11:24

/

Hosted By

Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is usually reserved for introductory college linguistics courses — but the debate surrounding it is an undeniably fascinating conversation for language professionals as well. 

Other Episodes

Episode 20

February 07, 2023 00:04:03
Episode Cover

English PEN announces 15 winners of flagship literary translation awards

Fifteen literary translators and their work received high accolades earlier this week, with the announcement of the PEN Translates awards.

Listen

Episode 274

November 22, 2022 00:05:22
Episode Cover

Machine translation is no substitute for humans when it comes to law enforcement

When officers arrived at the scene of a violent confrontation and questioned a bystander, they relied on a free machine translation tool to communicate...

Listen

Episode 291

June 09, 2025 00:06:49
Episode Cover

Stick-Joy and Joysticks: A Gen-Xer’s take on gaming, language, and the alchemy of translation

By Ewandro Magalhães The author shares his impressions on how games travel across language and culture, drawing comparisons among make-believe games, board games, and...

Listen