Found in Translation

Education 25, no. 4 (2010); www.wicancer.org/uploads/pub_34 599.pdf.
23
. See Kristin Brown, Gretchen Gailey, Greg Simmons, et al., “Child Rape Suspect Considered Free
Man, Local Authorities Say,” July 24 , 2007; www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290603,00.html.
24
. See Ronald H. Bayor and Timothy J. Meagher, The New York Irish (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1997).
25
. See the brief on the 2006 Irish Census data from the Central Statistics Office at
www.cso.ie/en/census/census2006reports/census2006principaldemographicresults.
26
. Quotes provided David McLoughlin in an interview the authors conducted in January 2012.
27
. For a lighthearted introduction to the impressive lexicon of Irish swear words, we suggest Colin
Murphy and Donal O’Dea, The Feckin Book of Irish Insults (Dublin: O’Brien, 2006).
28
. See the 1905 book by William Henry Grattan Flood, a History of Irish Music. A relevant excerpt is
available at www.libraryireland.com/IrishMusic/XVII.php.
29
. The many different translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are available at
www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx.
30
. See Agatha Christie’s official record at www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/most-translated-
author.
31
. To see an example of how the Romani language is used in one country, the Czech Republic, visit
http://romove.radio.cz/en/article/18659.
32
. See Ian Hancock, We Are the Romani People (Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press,
2002).
33
. Quotes provided by Debbie Folaron in an interview the authors conducted in November 2011.
34
. To see this and other comments from Anne Makepeace, visit www.makepeaceproductions.com/Press-
WeStillLiveHere/PRESS-WeStillLiveHere-pressrelease-110803.pdf. We interviewed Anne
Makepeace in November 2011.
35
. See David Crystal, Language Death (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, April 2002). We
also recommend the Emmy-nominated documentary film, The Linguists, featuring K. David Harrison,

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the author of When Languages Die (New York: Oxford University Press, February 2007).
36
. See “Official Languages of Canada,” Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the
Constitution Act, 1982; http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/page-2.html.
37
. Quotes provided by Donald Barabé in an interview the authors conducted in January 2012.
38
. See Statistics Canada, “Inuktitut Has Declined, but Its Use Remains Strong,” 2006 Census: Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Métis and First Nations; www12.statcan.ca/census-
recensement/2006/as-sa/97-558/p9-eng.cfm.
39
. See the home page of the Inuit Language Authority at http://langcom.nu.ca/inuit-uqausinginnik-
taiguusiliuqtiit-en.
4 0
. Quotes provided by Julia Demcheson in an interview the authors conducted in January 2012.
4 1
. Some linguists, most notably Geoffrey Pullum, have written of a supposed “Eskimo snow hoax,”
claiming that there are actually not as many words for snow in Eskimo languages as what some might
think. The numbers for Eskimo snow terms have indeed been exaggerated by some, as Pullum rightly
notes. However, as K. David Harrison points out, “All documented languages show extreme lexical
proliferation and specialization for domains that are culturally important.” He points out, “Yupik elders
list, define, and illustrate ninety-nine specific Yupik words for types of sea ice formations. This prolific
lexicon for ice is in no way equivalent to the English set of terms for snow/ice (e.g., sleet, ice pack,
etc.), but is vastly more complex, more ancient, more taxonomically structured, more information
rich, and more connected to the environment. Lexical richness is at the heart of what makes the work
of translators truly difficult, and so vital.”
4 2
. See the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), “Report of the Royal Commission on
Aboriginal Peoples,” 5 vols. (Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1996), p. 163.