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I studied Classics at Oxford University and have lived in Spain and Bulgaria. I have translated more than seventy books from Bulgarian, Catalan, Galician, and Spanish into English. I have written four books on the spiritual content of language: 鈥淭he DNA of the English Language鈥� (2007), an introduction; 鈥淭he Life of a Translator鈥� (2013), on coincidence in translation; 鈥淪tones Of Ithaca鈥� (2019), on the connection between language and the environment; and 鈥淪even Brief Lessons on Language鈥� (2023), an overview of how language contains meaning. I have also recorded a sixteen-part video series on language called 鈥淭heological English鈥� (available to watch on Vimeo and YouTube).

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	Seven Brief Lessons on Language 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemporary Galician Poets: A Poetry Review Supplement. 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthology of Galician Literature (1196-1981) - Antolox铆a da Literatura Galega it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Anthology of Galician Literature [1981-2011] Antolox铆a da Literatura Galega 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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