Comments on: Some interesting links http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/07/23/some-interesting-links/ ...the translation industry and becoming a translator Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Links: video interview and code talker cartoon « Thoughts On Translation http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/07/23/some-interesting-links/#comment-2706 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:50:52 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=607#comment-2706 [...] I’m just in the mood to laugh or maybe I really love things having to do with Navajo code talkers, but when my husband showed me this cartoon, the mix of geek and language humor was too good not to [...]

]]> By: Pedro http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/07/23/some-interesting-links/#comment-2087 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:29:43 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=607#comment-2087 Thank you for the links!

I’m going to check out the “Essential Project Management” blog. I think it’s great that a blog covering this topic has been created.

]]> By: Corinne McKay http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/07/23/some-interesting-links/#comment-2085 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:52:31 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=607#comment-2085 It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it!! My daughter and I had some fun learning a few Navajo words when we read the book, and it was incredible to think that although the Enigma was cracked, the Navajo code never was. Life was definitely different before the web and global migration!

]]> By: Karen Williams http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2009/07/23/some-interesting-links/#comment-2084 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:21:01 +0000 http://thoughtsontranslation.com/?p=607#comment-2084 I was interested to read your comments about the Code Talkers since the Navajo Nation is located partly in my home state of New Mexico. An ad about them from the Indigenous Language Institute in Santa Fe is part of my fridge art and reads “The most powerful weapon of World War II wasn’t a bomb. It was a language.” It’s amazing that their code was never broken. Nowadays, it would be on the Internet five minutes after being selected as the secret code!!

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