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SATI's purpose is to promote the interests of the translation profession in South Africa, chiefly through: undertaking, promoting and/or publishing research; publishing a journal and various language and translation guides; enforcing a code of ethics for translators; co-operating with other organisations and institutions to promote the profession
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The Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (HAT) is a shorter, concise Afrikaans explanatory dictionary in a single volume, compared to the comprehensive Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), similar to the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. The project was begun in 1926 by Prof. J. J. Smith of Stellenbosch ...
The name of the language comes directly from the Dutch word Afrikaansch (now spelled Afrikaans) [n 3] meaning 'African'. [12] It was previously referred to as 'Cape Dutch' (Kaap-Hollands or Kaap-Nederlands), a term also used to refer to the early Cape settlers collectively, or the derogatory 'kitchen Dutch' (kombuistaal) from its use by slaves of colonial settlers "in the kitchen".
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Bilingual sign in Afrikaans and Transvaal Ndebele at the Pretoria Art Museum. isiNdebele (English: / ɛ n d ə ˈ b iː l iː /), also known as Southern Ndebele [2] [4] [5] is an African language belonging to the Mbo group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Ndebele people of South Africa.
Indeed, his novel Kennis van die aand (1973) was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government. [3] André Brink translated Kennis van die aand into English and published it abroad as Looking on Darkness. This was his first self-translation. [4] After that, André Brink wrote his works simultaneously in English and ...
Breyten Breytenbach (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbrəitən ˈbrəitənbaχ]; 16 September 1939 – 24 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter.He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party–led South African Government.