The truth, according to a section of the production notes of the 2013 movie, is that the language is indeed just gibberish with random words from many different languages put in. As the creator of the Minions himself (and the man voicing them), Pierre Coffin – a Frenchman who co-directed the first two Despicable Me films as well as the new Minions film – confirms to the Guardian:“It’s gibberish. It’s a mixture of all the languages of the world and it’s about finding a particular magical rhythm and melody that makes the nonsense make sense.”
Coffin also adds: “So, these words pop out, and I have them speak Indian, French, English, Spanish and Italian. I mix up all these ridiculous sounding words just because they sound good, not because they necessarily mean something.”
“If I need to evoke something specific, I might search the internet for a particular word from a particular language like, for instance, something Dutch for an argument as it’s quite guttural. But without the visuals, the words are meaningless.”
Or, as Coffin’s fellow director Renaud says, “What’s great about the Minion language, while it is gibberish, it sounds real because Pierre puts in words from many languages and does the lion’s share of the Minion recordings”
For more interesting insights into the Minions’ language, check Here’s how they created Minionese, the language of the Minions
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World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Day) is celebrated every year on April 23 – a symbolic date for world literature. The yearly event, initiated by UNESCO in 1995, aims to celebrate and promote reading, publishing and copyright.
The origins of the idea of a World book day can be traced back to an old Spanish tradition. April 23 has been celebrated as “Rose day” in Spain since the 15th century. On this day, people exchange roses with their loved ones in appreciation of one another. On April 23 in 1926 however, Spanish booksellers started the tradition of exchanging books to honour the memory of Miguel de Cervantes. Coincidentally, both Cervantes and William Shakespeare died on this day in 1616. April 23 is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo, making it a natural choice for UNESCO’s General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date and declare April 23 as World Book and Copyright Day.
Happy World Book Day, everyone – time to celebrate! Not that any book lover needs a special reason to immerse themselves in reading, of course – but still, what better day to turn off your computer, put down your smartphone, and pick up a nice book to read? Add a glass of fine red wine to that, and you’re in for a real treat of an evening! Enjoy!
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Tanya Toneva (Carel Translations) and Rob Birch (Stereo MC’s)
It is our great pleasure to share with you the story of our meeting with Stereo MC’s and Nova TV’s interview with them, during which Carel Translations provided interpreting from English to Bulgarian and vice versa.
The musicians from the legendary British band arrived in Bulgaria around noon on 12 July to perform at Hello! Ficosota Festival in Shumen later that evening.
A few days prior, All Channels Communication Group, in charge of event management for the Festival, had contacted us requesting that we handle the interpreting from English to Bulgarian and vice versa during Nova TV‘s short interview with Stereo MC’s, scheduled to take place immediately after their landing at Varna Airport at about 12.30 on 12 July.
Stereo MC’s have been to our country many times in the past few years and, much to the joy of their Bulgarian fans, they keep coming back! The reason for their visit this time was their special performance at Hello! Ficosota Festival in Shumen, organized by Ficosota in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding. The Festival brought together over 15 thousand music fans and many artists of various genres.
Stereo MC’s are a British electronic dance band, which formed in 1985 in London, England. Among their greatest worldwide hits are Connected (1992), Step it up (1992), Deep down & dirty (2001), On 33 (1989), Lost in music (1991), Elevate my mind (1990), Black Gold (2008) and many more.
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In my capacity as an interpreter, not to mention a years-long fan of Stereo MC’s, it was a huge pleasure to be one of the first people to greet the band upon their arrival in Bulgaria last Saturday.
As someone who grew up with the music of the 90s – and a lifelong fan of electronic music as well – to get a chance to rub shoulders with world stars like Stereo MC’s was an unforgettable experience (to put it mildly).
I was especially honoured and excited to meet and talk in person with the band’s front man Rob Birch – an incredibly down-to-earth, friendly and charismatic person, who said during the interview that what they like most and what keeps them coming back to Bulgaria is the great energy of the people here.
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Must be quite a challenging day today for all superstitious folk out there – Friday 13th coinciding with a full moon!
With the full moon colliding with this year’s one and only Fri 13th, today would appear to be an extra-spooky day for some. So in an attempt to ease a bit of that tension off your minds, here’s my short take on it using some of the brilliant moon-related idioms in this beautiful language.
So, you might not be over the moon about having such an unnerving combination in one day, but do not despair – apparently, full moon falling on Friday 13th is something that only happens once in a blue moon: last time it happened was on Oct 13th 2000, and according to sources on the internet, full moon on Friday the 13th won’t happen again until 2049. So there you go – just a few more hours and you’re off the hook, returning to another blissful Fri 13th & full moon-free period of a whole 35 years!
And for all the unabashed optimists out there (myself included) who find Fri 13th to be more about good luck than anything else – don’t be afraid to shoot for the moon today. Go out on a limb and pursue your dream. Remember, the next full moon & Fri 13th lucky combo is not until another 35 years so you might as well make the best of it now.
But regardless of whether you’re the first, second type or someone who doesn’t really find today different than any other day, here’s my one-size-fits-all suggestion – if possible, spend the day with people you love to the moon and back. I won’t promise you the moon, but I promise you will have the best day ever!
Carel Translation Agency is proud to join businesses worldwide that accept crypto currencies as a form of payment.
We are the first translation agency in Bulgaria to accept crypto currencies and one of the few businesses in the world that offer virtual coins for payment for services.
Our clients are welcome to use any of the crypto currencies traded on btc-e to pay for our services.
We will supply you with a receiving address and a quote based on current market prices at the time of your enquiry.
Due to price volatility our quotes will be locked for a limited time.
For questions and quotes please email office@careltranslations.com
Looking forward to doing business with all the crypto enthusiasts out there:)
The “Carel Translations” Family
Photo credit to Bulgaria: Varna – LVI Dance for Kindness 2013
World Kindness Day is celebrated on November 13th. “The purpose of World Kindness Day is to look beyond ourselves, beyond the boundaries of our country, beyond our culture, our race, our religion; and realise we are citizens of the world.” – Australian Kindness Movement.
World Kindness Day was first introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement and is observed in many countries around the world.
In celebration of World Kindness Day 2013, Life Vest Inside – a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading kindness, helping people recognize their potential, and building self-esteem, organized the DANCE FOR KINDNESS event for the second time. Last year this unique global initiative promoting the importance of kindness prompted thousands of people from 15 countries to take part in Life Vest Inside’s Worldwide Dance for Kindness 2012.
We’re happy to report that Bulgaria was among the over 25 participating countries in this year’s event – the 2nd Annual Worldwide DANCE FOR KINDNESS.
Bulgaria: Varna – LVI Dance for Kindness 2013 took place on November 9th, bringing together hundreds of dancing enthusiasts, children and supporters, as Varna became part of the dance-for-kindness craze sweeping the world in celebration of World Kindness Day 2013.
Photo by: Paparazzirazzi
Life Vest Inside’s Dance for Kindness Freeze & Flash Mob 2013 is a two-part event beginning with a 3-minute Freeze Mob where all participants freeze in different positions picturing various kindness moments/gestures. Immediately after the Freeze Mob begins, the music starts and then segues into the FlashMob dance – also lasting about 3 minutes.
All participants receive Acts of Kindness (AOK) cards created by Life Vest Inside, each card with its own individualized act. The purpose of the cards is to empower people to recognize that the value of one small act of kindness is greater than they can imagine. Once you receive the card, it prompts you to perform the act and pass the card to someone else to keep the kindness going!
To sum it all up, Bulgaria: Varna – LVI Dance for Kindness 2013 was a truly exciting, inspiring and fun event and we’re happy to have had the chance to participate! 🙂
Happy World Kindness Day, everyone!
Be kind to each other!
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St Jerome, considered to be the patron saint of translators and interpreters worldwide, translated the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin (382 – 405 C.E.), which was the language of the people in those ancient times – thus making the Bible accessible to everyone.
The idea of an officially recognized International Translation Day was originally launched by FIT (International Federation of Translators) and the ITD was established by UNESCO in 1991.
Happy International Translation Day 2013 to all fellow-translators, interpreters and everyone in love with languages & translation like us!
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Here’s a great quote to end the working week with – and a lovely desktop wallpaper you can feel free to download if you want.
How many of you have waited until you knew everything there is to know about something, before you set out to do it? I know I never have and I doubt there are many who can honestly say they have. Yes, you may have the most elaborate plan ironed out in advance and yet you cannot possibly foresee every little thing that might come into play eventually – I am sure we’ve all seen that happening.
This is not to say plans are not necessary – of course they are and it always does help to have a good plan.
All I’m saying is you shouldn’t be deterred even if you don’t have it all mapped out. Just take that first step – even if it seems more of a headlong plunge sometimes!
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
Lukas Eberle (DER SPIEGEL), Armen Nazaryan,
Tanya Toneva (Carel Translations)
PHOTO: Nikolay Doychinov for DER SPIEGEL
It is my pleasure to tell you more about an exciting interpreting assignment that Carel Translations handled recently – an interview of our national wrestling team’s head coach Armen Nazaryan for DER SPIEGEL.
Around the end of March we were approached by Der Spiegel with regard to their impending interview with Bulgaria’s national wrestling team coach Armen Nazaryan here in Sofia, Bulgaria. Der Spiegel were preparing a piece on wrestling and its major stars, in light of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) controversial decision from earlier this year to drop wrestling from 2020 Olympics.
The decision outraged the global wrestling community, prompting Bulgaria’s former wrestling champion and head of our country’s wrestling federation Valentin Yordanov to return his Olympic gold medal to the IOC.
In the beginning of March, our national Greco-Roman team’s head coach Armen Nazaryan went on a hunger strike to protest against IOC’s decision, vowing not to take anything but juices until the beginning of the European Championship on 22 March in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Armen Nazaryan used to compete for his native Armenia until 1996 when he won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Games. He then switched his allegiance to Bulgaria, winning his second Olympic title four years later in Sydney. Mr. Nazaryan has also won three world titles for Bulgaria from 2002 to 2005.
Armen Nazaryan is a six-time European Champion (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003), a three-time World Champion (2002, 2003, 2005) and a two-time Olympic Champion (1996, 2000).
PHOTO: Nikolay Doychinov for DER SPIEGEL
Der Spiegel’s interview with wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan took place on 9th April at Best Western Premier Thracia Hotel in Sofia. Interpreting at the interview was an exciting and fun task which I enjoyed very much, not to mention the pleasure and honor of collaborating with a world-renowned media like Der Spiegel as well as the unique chance to meet one of our world-famous sports champions in person.
The story by Lukas Eberle has been published in Der Spiegel’s issue from 27 May 2013, and here’s a short video excerpt of the interview, courtesy of Der Spiegel.
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Worried about language barrier spoiling your holiday? Well, worry no more!
Ever wanted to learn how to fall gracefully? Here’s a priceless tip!
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For the sake of sanity, let’s hope it’s not an actual customer complaint that provoked this statement…
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned water and washing powder?
Having to wash your toys in coleslaw salad… Kids (or their moms, rather) just never have it easy these days!
OK, people – you have been warned. Choose any other place but this one!
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Yep, smoking is such a noisy habit! Please smoke as quietly as possible.
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OK, so we agree shoplifters should be punished, but isn’t this a tad too drastic?
(word of advice to shoplifters: either wear full body armour or better yet – quit shoplifting for good. It’s likely to turn out a life-saving decision)
Trust me, no one in their right mind would.
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