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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

New words added to dictionary, some influenced by COVID - WYTV - Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's dictionary has just added 520 new words and definitions

by: Len Rome

Posted: Mar 23, 2021 / 08:39 AM EDT/ Updated: Mar 23, 2021 / 08:39 AM EDT

(WYTV) – Merriam-Webster’s dictionary has just added 520 new words and definitions. They reflect how much the English language keeps growing and changing.

Hard pass
This means a firm refusal or rejection of something. It first appeared online in 2014 and made the rounds on social media.

Flex
When you flex, it means you’re bragging about something odd or questionable. Based on internet slang, it’s an act of bragging or showing off.

Long-hauler
The coronavirus has certainly changed our language. Merriam-Webster defines the phrase as “a person who experiences one or more long-term effects after recovering from any serious illness, but especially COVID-19.”

Pod
As in, “Who’s your pod?” It’s defined as “a usually small group of people, such as family members, friends, co-workers or classmates, who regularly are together but with few or no others so they don’t catch COVID.”

Bubble
This has a new meaning — it’s where sports teams stay isolated from the public during a series of scheduled games so they don’t pick up the virus. “Stay in the hotel bubble, the stadium bubble.”

Performative
This word has a new meaning, too. It’s something done for show to make a positive impression on someone else, also known as virtue signaling. “I use a reusable bag at the grocery store, so I’m better than you.” “I’ve marched for this cause, for that cause — I’m better than you.”

Decarceration
The opposite of incarceration — you’re released from jail.

Makerspace
Ever take a cooking class at the local community college? Have you joined the scrapbooking club at the community center? Those are makerspaces — communal public workshops.

Sapiosexual
This one’s for nerds. “Sapio” as in “homosapiens.” It’s a sexual or romantic attraction to highly intelligent people.

Jedi
It’s now in the pages of Merriam-Webster with the broad definition for 2021 — “a person who shows extraordinary skill or expertise in a specified field or endeavor.”

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How to Track Revisions at Any Stage of the Translation Workflow for Any Document Type or Format - Slator - Translation

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It often becomes necessary to track the changes that the editor has made to a translator’s work as well as to understand how the target text has changed at different steps of translation workflow. This is particularly relevant when working with machine translation, where it’s essential to know exactly what modifications have been made in post-editing. However, it can be very inconvenient if not impossible to document and view such edits directly in a CAT program. At best, the changes are tracked in a segment from stage to stage, but it isn’t possible to compile all of the edits in a separate file after particular process stages.

Thanks to XLIFF open standard, the challenge can be solved with a new function in the Rigora Studio software, which converts a bilingual XLIFF file into a familiar two-column Word document. Almost all CAT programs let you export project files as a set of XLIFF files at any step. All that remains is to convert the two XLIFF files (before and after the process step) to Word files and then use the Compare function in Word for a side-by-side visual assessment.

Because the XLIFF files that are output by a CAT tool are in the same format before and after any stage in the translation workflow, comparison function works perfectly, and one can clearly discern all of the changes the editor has made. The CAT system might not offer a way to view different versions of the document holistically at various stages, in which case it certainly will not provide a history of changes in a convenient format. So, the universal solution is to take “snapshots” of the contents of project files in XLIFF format. That method is suitable at any point in the process, regardless of which CAT tool is used, cloud or desktop. The result can be saved as a separate document for discussion and training, commented, etc.

The XLIFF format is especially convenient here because it lets you visualize the history of changes in files of any format during the translation process. Using the XLIFF-to-Word document export function in the Rigora tool lets you:

Return editor’s corrections to translators for use as “homework,” with the addition of the editor’s comments made directly in the Word document;
Pass on the corrections in the translations made at the last moment to DTP specialists in a convenient visual form;
Evaluate the post-edit quality of machine translation; and
Extract translations from the CAT system and send them to the reviewer in the usual Word document format without the need to grant the reviewer access to the system and train him or her in its use.

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Urban Dictionary turns Vox's Aaron 'Rupar' into a verb: 'To purposefully mislead,' 'mischaracterize' video - Fox News - Dictionary

The legacy of far-left Vox journalist Aaron Rupar will live on forever in the dictionary -- or at least the Urban Dictionary.

Rupar has been widely condemned in recent days for sharing a misleading clip of remarks by Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jay Baker following last week's deadly shootings at a trio of Atlanta-area massage parlors. The clip portrayed Baker as excusing the actions of suspect Robert Aaron Long as the result of a "really bad day".

Rupar, who has long had a reputation of unabashedly sharing false information on Twitter to his more than 660,000 followers -- often to fuel outrage among liberals at the expense of conservatives -- even got the attention of Urban Dictionary, the popular website where the public submit definitions for new or slang terms.

On Saturday, Urban Dictionary unveiled the verb "rupar."

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"To purposely mislead. To completely mischaracterize a statement or video by omitting context," the definition read.

It then listed an example:

"Q: Did you see that press conference of the racist police officer make excuses for that criminal?"

"A: Hey, man, that clip was ruparred - the police officer was actually quoting the criminal."

Rupar's misleading clip of Baker not only went viral, but it also went global, winding up in a Chinese propaganda outlet over the weekend.

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"8 lives taken, 6 of them Asian. And the killer was just 'having a bad day'!," China Xinhua News tweeted.

Rupar fought back against his critics by claiming that Baker paraphrasing the suspect in such a manner still merited criticism.

Fox News' David Rutz contributed to this report.

Pip Williams and The Dictionary of Lost Words are the big winners at the Indie Book Awards 2021 - the AU review - Dictionary

For the second year the Indie Book Awards have been announced online, with The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams announced as Australian independent booksellers’ favourite book of the year.

On winning the award, Pip Williams hailed the work of Australia’s independent booksellers as they adapted to working in a pandemic lockdown:

“The Dictionary of Lost Words was published just days into Australia’s first pandemic lockdown. The timing was awful for a debut novel and I lowered all expectations that my book would find its tribe of readers. But then something wonderful happened – independent booksellers refused to shut up shop. While their doors might have been closed, they found myriad ways to get books into the hands of people who would enjoy them, perhaps even need them, during the long weeks of isolation. As a reader and a writer, I was enormously grateful.”

“Australian independent booksellers helped my novel thrive at a time when it seemed least likely. If I were in the business of giving out awards for outstanding achievement in 2020, independent booksellers would be at the top of the list. For this reason, it is a particularly special honour that The Dictionary of Lost Words has been chosen as the 2021 Indie Book of the Year.”

This year’s other winners include Craig Silvey for his novel Honeybee; Julia Baird for Phosphorescence, Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan for Plantopedia; Amelia Mellor for The Grandest Bookshop in the World; and Kate O’Donnell for This One Is Ours.

The Indie Book Awards recognise and celebrate indie booksellers as the prime supporters of Australian authors. The awards are considered to be the forerunners of all major Australian book awards. Since their inception in 2008, the awards have developed a reputation for having their fingers on the pulse of the best of Australian writing. Past Book of the Year winners have gone on to be bestsellers and win other major literary awards.

Book of the Year

Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

Fiction

Honeybee by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin)

“I owe my career to the advocacy of Australia’s independent booksellers, and I’m beyond grateful that Honeybee has earned such widespread, grassroots support. Readers across the country trust the judgement and expertise and counsel of our independent booksellers, and for very good reason. Being given the Indie Book Award is an extraordinary honour, and I cannot thank Australia’s independent booksellers enough for their belief in Honeybee.” – Craig Silvey

Non-Fiction

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird (Fourth Estate Australia)

“Thank you so much for honouring me with this award, it means such a great deal to me. During the pandemic, which gave us a lot of time to pause and reflect on what matters to us, one of the things we all thought about was our local community and how that matters. Independent booksellers were working so hard during that time to get books to people, to get them reading, and to give them things they thought might stimulate them or comfort them. The fact that they considered my book to be something that would do that, means a great deal.” – Julia Baird

Debut Fiction

Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

Illustrated Non-Fiction

Plantopedia by Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan (Smith Street Books)

Children’s

The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press)

Young Adult

This One is Ours by Kate O’Donnell (University of Queensland Press)

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'The Dictionary of Lost Words' triumphs at Independent Book Awards - OUTinPerth - Dictionary

Pip Williams’ The Dictionary of Lost Words has been named the best book of 2020 at the Independent Book Awards.

The novel from the South Australian author is based around “women’s words” which were neglected or discarded by the men who created the first Oxford English Dictionary in the late 19th and early 20th century. The novel follows a curious girl called Esme who grows up in the Scriptorium where the dictionary words are being defined.

“I am overjoyed that The Dictionary of Lost Words is the winner of the Indie Book Awards 2021 Book of the Year, and I’d like to say why.” Williams said upon receiving the accolade.

“The Dictionary of Lost Words was published just days into Australia’s first pandemic lockdown. The timing was awful for a debut novel and I lowered all expectations that my book would find its tribe of readers. But then something wonderful happened – independent booksellers refused to shut up shop. While their doors might have been closed, they found myriad ways to get books into the hands of people who would enjoy them, perhaps even need them, during the long weeks of isolation. As a reader and a writer, I was enormously grateful.” Williams said.

“Australian independent booksellers helped my novel thrive at a time when it seemed least likely. If I were in the business of giving out awards for outstanding achievement in 2020, independent booksellers would be at the top of the list. For this reason, it is a particularly special honour that The Dictionary of Lost Words has been chosen as the 2021 Indie Book of the Year.”

The Indies are considered the forerunners of all major Australian book awards. Since the Awards inception in 2008, the Indies have a well-deserved reputation for picking the best of the best in Australian writing.

Past Book of the Year winners have gone on to be bestsellers and win other major literary awards. Previous winners include: There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett, Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton; Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend; The Dry by Jane Harper; The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood; The Bush by Don Watson; The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan; The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman; All That I Am by Anna Funder; The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do; Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey; and Breath by Tim Winton.

Also acknowledged in this year’s awards was Honeybee by Western Australian author Craig Silvey which was named Best Fiction Book, the author said his success had always been due to the support of independent book stores.

“I owe my career to the advocacy of Australia’s independent booksellers, and I’m beyond grateful that Honeybee has earned such widespread, grassroots support. Readers across the country trust the judgement and expertise and counsel of our independent booksellers, and for very good reason. Being given the Indie Book Award is an extraordinary honour, and I cannot thank Australia’s independent booksellers enough for their belief in Honeybee.” Silvey said.

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird was Best Non-Fiction Book, while Pip Williams’ The Dictionary of Lost Words was the Best Debut Fiction.

Plantopedia by Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan won Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Book, The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor was the Best Children’s Book and This One is Ours by Kate O’Donnell was the Best Young Adult work.

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