Fables and Legends from Japan
Translator and editor: Nicolae Sfetcu The book includes a collection of Japanese legends and fables collected by the missionary Claudius Ferrand in Japan. Japanese mythology (Nihon shinwa) is the set of legends and myths of Japan. The main Japanese myths, … Read More
Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky – Psychological and philosophical aspects
About the main psychological and philosophical aspects detached from the film Solaris directed by Andrei Tarkovski, as well as the cinema techniques used by the director to convey his messages to the spectator. In the “Introduction” I briefly present the … Read More
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (Fables et histoires populaire chinoises)
Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français) By (par) Mary Hayes Davis, Chow-Leung. Translator (Traducteur): Nicolae Sfetcu It requires much study of the Oriental mind to catch even brief glimpses of the secret of its mysterious charm. An open mind and … Read More
Candide – The best of all possible worlds
Translated and illustrated by Nicolae Sfetcu. A philosophical tale, a story of a journey that will transform the eponymous hero into a philosopher. An important debate on fatalism and the existence of Evil. For a long time Voltaire has been … Read More
Web 2.0 / Social Media / Social Networks
Web 2.0 is the evolution of the Web towards greater simplicity (requiring no technical knowledge or computer for users) and interactivity (allowing everyone, individually or collectively, to contribute, share and collaborate in various forms). The term “social media” is increasingly … Read More
Londres: Affaires, Voyager, Culture (London: Business, Travel, Culture)
Guide touristique bilingue anglais/français (Bilingual English/French Tourist Guide) Londres, seule ville à avoir organisé trois fois les Jeux olympiques (1908, 1948, 2012), est dynamique et très diverse sur le plan culturel. Elle joue un rôle important dans l’art et dans … Read More
Poems from Titan Park
From the daily cycling trips in Titan Park, Bucharest, appeared this small volume of poems, illustrated with the most beautiful pictures I made during these walks. At midnight starts my working day. The computer, a coffee, a discreet jazz music, … Read More
Arsène Lupin, The Gentleman Burglar
By Maurice Leblanc; translator and editor: Nicolae Sfetcu Arsene Lupin, The Gentleman Burglar is a collection of nine stories, written by Maurice Leblanc, who constitute the first adventures of Arsene Lupin. The color cover of the original edition is designed … Read More
Arts
XII. LAST FRIEND
One day last summer, about the month of June, Claire and her mother were working in the living room, while I was perched in my usual place, on the shoulder of the girl, where I played with her coiffure and … Read More
Education
Ibero-Romance Languages
Castilian Spanish / Catalan / Galician / Portuguese Castilian: has y as a single word — frequent use of final –d Catalan: has i as a single word — frequent use of final –t Catalan is the official language of … Read More
Science
Discourse on science
Epistemology The term “epistemology” replaces that of philosophy of science at the start of the 20th century. It is a neologism constructed by James Frederick Ferrier, in his work Institutes of metaphysics (1854). The word is composed on the Greek … Read More
Business
Ibero-Romance Languages
Castilian Spanish / Catalan / Galician / Portuguese Castilian: has y as a single word — frequent use of final –d Catalan: has i as a single word — frequent use of final –t Catalan is the official language of … Read More
Health
An application for COVID-19 was installed on all smartphones
An application for COVID-19 was installed in both Android and iOS mobile phones in their settings, following the update of the operating systems. On Android devices, go to “Settings” then “Google”, and you will find there the application “COVID-19 exposure … Read More
Society
Two possible approaches of the philosophy of language
(Parmenides, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. “You cannot know what is not, you cannot grasp or express it; for thought and being are the same thing. (Parmenides).) In general, there are two possible approaches to the problem … Read More
Computers
Web Applications
On the server The web is used as a technical platform to allow the manipulation of applications hosted on web servers. In such applications, programs and data reside on a web server – unlike conventional applications which reside on the … Read More
Recreation
European Union: Promoting a new culture of data protection – EU Annual Management Plan 2019
The EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, “Leading by example” – adopted at the beginning of the current EDPS mandate in 2015 – sets out how we seek to promote a new culture of data protection in the European institutions and bodies. Our … Read More
World
African philosophy
(Colossal statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, date from around 1400 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abu_Simbel_Main_Temple_(2346939149).jpg) If it must be said that the expression “African philosophy” posed a problem of the same ilk as that declared with the expression “Chinese philosophy”. … Read More
An application for COVID-19 was installed on all smartphones
An application for COVID-19 was installed in both Android and iOS mobile phones in their settings, following the update of the operating systems. On Android devices, go to “Settings” then “Google”, and you will find there the application “COVID-19 exposure … Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the book market
One of the most important economic effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic is the awareness of the importance of supply chains for all products that eventually reach consumers. Supplying both the components needed to manufacture a product and the finished … Read More
Localized marketing / Localized content / Localized translation
Professional translators know the meaning of the term “localized translation”. It is a translation that must be adapted to the target audience to which the translated text is addressed. For example, a company that makes computer processors used my translation … Read More
COVID epidemic and Plato’s cave
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc worldwide, socially and economically. The epidemic may have led to physical isolation, but also an unprecedented avalanche of knowledge through fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories. We have become increasingly dependent on social media for information, … Read More