Browsing Tag: Language

UCSC receives $247,000 gift to support Sikh and Punjabi Studies program

UC Santa Cruz has received $247,000 to establish an endowed fund in support of the Humanities Division’s Sikh and Punjabi Studies program.
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The Conumdrum of Translating Poetry

The philosopher Suzanne Langer once wrote, “though the material of poetry is verbal, its import is not the literal assertion made in the words but the way the assertion is made and this involves the sound, the tempo … and the unifying all-embracing artifice of rhythm.”
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You can now text in Gurmukhi on your mobile phone

Panini Keypad uses artificial intelligence to accurately estimate the characters that the user could be typing and places them to his fingertips. This approach is completely new and unique and results in sensationally simple usability to type on the phone for complex languages.
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How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand!

IF YOU ARE STOLEN, CALL THE POLICE AT ONCE. PLEASE OMNIVOROUSLY PUT THE WASTE IN GARBAGE CAN. DEFORMED MAN LAVATORY. For the past 18 months, teams of language police have been scouring Beijing on a mission to wipe out all such traces of bad English signage before the Olympics come to town in August. (By the way, that last phrase means “handicapped bathroom.”)
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Holding on to the Sikh heritage in the U.S.

Sikhs live by core principles that put more of an emphasis on spirituality in daily life — being constantly meditative of God, giving to others and earning a living through honest means. That less-didactic approach made it hard to instill the religion in a Sikh generation growing up in the West...
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Language and Cultural Barriers Hurting Patient Care, Say Physicians

Nearly half of U.S. physicians say language or other cultural barriers are obstacles to providing high-quality patient care, according to a study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
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Sikh Youth of Punjab celebrates foundation Day of Punjab while Govt. forgets

The Sikh Youth of Punjab Monday organized a road show to commemorate the 44th foundation day of the present Punjab.
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Gurudwara, Not Temple (OP-ED)

As Sikhs we keep the image that sets us apart from the world, then why are we simplifying things to fit in? Sikhs need to keep using the term Gurudwara and educating people on what a Gurudwara is. Gurudwara means ‘home of God’....
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Student delegation approached BCI to alter decision discriminating against Punjabi

“In purview of above facts, it is clear that the decision of BCI to ignore Punjabi is not justifiable and amounts to discrimination against Punjabi Students and Punjabi Language.” said Parmjeet Singh Gazi, who further added that SSF is a student organization, which takes up issues related to students..
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New Book Promises You Can Learn to Write , Speak and Understand Punjabi in 20 Hours

The Book is unique and the first of its kind in the sense that it enables anyone with a knowledge of English to learn Punjabi in a span of 20 hours . It might sound impossible but the book has been written after a lot of research..
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