Projects:Phrase of the Week

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Status 3 RSS 4 See Also

Overview

The Phrase of the Week Project is intended to be a group effort to compare and exchange languages, and provide some level of insight into the languages used. The goal is to take a commonly used Japanese phrase or idiomatic expression, and provide a literal English translation, explanation of usage and context, and a good idiomatic equivalent in English.

Others would then take the expression and translate it to other languages, along with a natural language equivalents, explanations and cultural notes for the phrases chosen.

At the end of the week, the editors will compile the results and post them to the TLUG Wiki, posting a link to the site in an RSS feed so that people can be notified of the changes.

Status

• Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:49:58 +0900: Proposed by Ken Burling
• Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:48:56 +0900: Feedback from Delyana Burdjeva-Glover, technical suggestions from Josh Glover
• Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:04:45 +0900: Formal proposal and wiki, RSS drafts by Ken Burling
• Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:50:00 +0900: Initial wiki draft by Josh Glover

RSS

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   <title>TLUG-Lingo Phrase</title>
   <link>http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/Lingo_Phrase_of_the_Week</link>
   <description>Friendly banter and language exchange.</description>
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   <managingEditor>notsure</managingEditor>
   <webMaster>webmaster@tlug.jp</webMaster>

   <item>
     <title>LINGO: Phrase of the Week</title>
     <link>http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/Lingo_Phrase_of_the_Week</link>
     <description>The Phrase of the Week Project is intended
      to allow TLUGers and others who are interested exchange
      and compare languages through the discussion of every day
      idiomatic phrases.</description>
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See Also