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September 2013 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. The Late Nora Ephron: Post 2 of "Ephron, Fey, Rivers". The good news is that I Feel Bad About My Neck. Is a Very Good book. The bad, or sad news is, that it is definitely her last. Unless some family member or friend of the family takes it into their heads to go through Ephron's notes, notebooks, drafts, unsubmitted or rejected material etc, and whip it up into a posthumous book. Not sure Ephron would approve of that, were she to have a say in the matter. See what I mean? Back in...

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September 2012 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. Kindle Audio Files – the play. Kindle user, Son, Kindaleh. One of the justifications for getting me an e-reader was to help me through the days before and after my cataract operation; see my three posts in August, all focused on either Kindaleh, or my eyesight, or both. With Kindaleh, I could enlarge the print, making it easier on the eyes; or I could download audio files and listen to stories. Act I, scene i:. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Act I, scene ii. 8211; S...

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February 2013 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. The Secret Life of Blog Posts. Once posted, your blog entries develop a life of their own, for better or for worse. Some wither and die, others flourish and keep attracting attention. It took me a while to realize I have at least some control over this. Early in my blogging days, pleased with my own creativity, I often attempted to give wise-cracking names to my blog posts. I thought I was making. Why be a smart-Alec? What’s the feminine of ”smart Alec”? Here are a few examples:.

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June 2015 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. To Russian, with love. The fact that I've lived in Israel all my life, have Russian-speaking friends, have been seeing and hearing it all around me, and still. Don't know any Russian, is beyond me. I love languages. I've read Russian literature in Hebrew and in English translations. I've been baffled by the language, attracted to it, and at times extremely annoyed by it. Another way Shosh helped me immensely was with War and Peace. Love for one's country? So far, I'm nearly comfo...

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Amazing | My Italian Town

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The Journey of One. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and The Amazing. July 11, 2016. July 11, 2016. It’s been awhile since you have seen me and there have been so many goings on with the palazzo that it is really time for a catch up! Needless to say, the collapse of the ceiling. The bringing down of the other ancient plaster ceilings revealing the original wood walnut ceilings from the 16th Century or thereabouts! And I have partners in getting the work done. And a complete structural analysis and report issu...

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August 2013 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. The Early Nora Ephron: Post 1 of "Ephron, Fey, Rivers". So, as I was saying, I needed something to cheer me up. This is because, 5 months earlier, I underwent surgery - see "What not to bring to hospital". The surgeon had said recovery would take around 6 weeks, but 5 months later I was still in agony and parts of me weren't functioning. So no wonder I needed cheering up. Crazy Salad Plus Nine. Pocket Books, 1984). I Feel Bad About My Neck. And Other Thoughts on Being A Woman.

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December 2012 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. Renovations, what a beautiful word! What a beautiful word. To make something new again. To give it back youth, beauty. Even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with. Restore. Give back life. Such a noble, optimistic concept. Refurbish. Isn't bad, either. But I like the Latin sound of re-novare better. In Hebrew, at least, the word doesn't sound so inviting, to my ear at least: le'shapetz - to renovate; shiputzim - renovations; shiputznik - the handyman who does the actual work. Becau...

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April 2013 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. Yom Iyun" - a one-day seminar on translation - registration has begun. The ITA - Israel Translators Association. Is holding a one-day seminar of lectures, workshops, food, fun and networking. Sunday, April 21, 2013, at 08:30-17:30 hrs. The Adenauer Conference Center in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem. Of course you do! Just click the link. Do you have to be an ITA member to attend? Wish I could attend, but am not well enough yet. (Why, what's wrong? Oh, I had some surgery. Kind o...

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January 2013 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. The amazing Arthur C. Clarke. No matter how good non-fiction is, when I'm done with one or two, I usually crave a dose of fiction. By which I generally don't mean a contemporary best-seller. So when I finished the superb, thought provoking Thinking, Fast And Slow / Daniel Kahneman. I reached for the sci-fi shelf. And this is what I jotted down, as I read the slim volume I picked up:. Arthur C. Clarke. Interesting plot and characters. Unforeseen plot development. We've read better...

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October 2012 | Take Nina's Word for It

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Take Nina's Word for It. The Lighter Side of Translation – at ESRA. What an appreciative audience! No speaker could ask for anything more. That’s how I felt on Tuesday the 16. When giving my talk and presentation at Janet’s. Beautiful home in Rishon LeZion. The audience was ESRA. I had given these issues serious thought when preparing my talk. I wanted to give examples that the audience could easily relate to, and other examples that would shed new light on the subject, tell them things they didn&#82...