Q and A on English Usage and Idiomatic Translations Farooq A. Kperogi Sunday, September 08, 2013 Translation By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In this week’s edition of my Q and A series, I answer more questions from readers. Enjoy. Question: Ca...
Re: Idioms, Mistranslation, and Abati’s Double Standards Farooq A. Kperogi Thursday, June 07, 2012 Translation I am going to break tradition this week and feature responses to my last week’s column. I normally don’t do that for my grammar column....
Idioms, Mistranslation, and Abati’s Double Standards Farooq A. Kperogi Sunday, May 27, 2012 Translation By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The controversy over General Muhammadu Buhari’s recent “ kare jini, biri jini ” [...