Arun Viswanath's guest appearances

Arun Viswanath

Motherfoclóir

Talking Tachlis Podcast

Jordan Peterson

Ben Greenfield

Pete Buttigieg

Peter Beinart

Mel Gibson

Seth Rogen

Jamie Oliver

Yossi Klein Halevi

Rebecca Wells

Rashida Tlaib

Eli Lebowicz

Michael Chabon

Michael Che

Dave Rudden

Mark Gottlieb

OwlTail

Recently, Yiddish became the fortieth language to join Duolingo, an achievement that followed hot on the heels of Harry Potter being translated into Yiddish. And would you believe that a brother and sister were responsible for these separate accomplishments? Well, when we found out about it we were struck by how many of the same kinds of conflicts and considerations that faced Irish came up again in thre context of Yiddish. So we had to find out more.   On today’s episode, Darach chats with siblings Meena and Arun Vishwaneth about their family’s relationship with Yiddish. They tell him how the phenomenon of Yiddish loanwords in slang has a downside when promoting the language, about the sense of post-assimilation loss that defines the relationship some American Jews have with the language. Meena (who worked on Duolingo) talks about dialects and the struggle to pick a flag to represent Yiddish on the app. Arun (who translated Harry Potter) tells of the process involved in translating house names, Quidditch itself and picking a dialect for Hagrid - as well as the matter of a major plot point hinging on an acronym.   You can find the Yiddish duolingo module on the app now.   You can follow Arun on Twitter at @a_a_vishwaneth  ---   Support Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach  Get Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/  ---   Contact the show:   whatsapp - +353894784713   twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor   email - motherfocloir@headstuff.org   ---   Want to record your own podcast?    Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie   Or do it online at https://remotely.fm/?coddle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recently, Yiddish became the fortieth language to join Duolingo, an achievement that followed hot on the heels of Harry Potter being translated into Yiddish. And would you believe that a brother and sister were responsible for these separate accomplishments? Well, when we found out about it we were struck by how many of the same kinds of conflicts and considerations that faced Irish came up again in thre context of Yiddish. So we had to find out more. On today’s episode, Darach chats with siblings Meena and Arun Vishwaneth about their family’s relationship with Yiddish. They tell him how the phenomenon of Yiddish loanwords in slang has a downside when promoting the language, about the sense of post-assimilation loss that defines the relationship some American Jews have with the language. Meena (who worked on Duolingo) talks about dialects and the struggle to pick a flag to represent Yiddish on the app. Arun (who translated Harry Potter) tells of the process involved in translating house names, Quidditch itself and picking a dialect for Hagrid - as well as the matter of a major plot point hinging on an acronym. You can find the Yiddish duolingo module on the app now. You can follow Arun on Twitter at @a_a_vishwaneth --- Support Motherfocloir on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/darach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/darach</a> Get Kirsten Shiel art prints here: <a href="https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/</a> --- Contact the show: whatsapp - <a href="https://wa.me/353894784713" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">+353894784713</a> twitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor email - <a href="mailto:motherfocloir@headstuff.org">motherfocloir@headstuff.org</a> --- Want to record your own podcast?  Check out our studios at <a href="https://thepodcaststudios.ie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thepodcaststudios.ie</a> Or do it online at <a href="https://remotely.fm/?coddle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://remotely.fm/?coddle</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

177: #177 | Let’s Start With Komets-Alef: Learning About Yiddish With Meena & Arun Viswanath

This week, on our very special 100th episode, Uri and Rivky interviewed Arun Viswanath, who recently translated and published the Yiddish translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (ALREADY SOLD OUT!!). Arun, Uri, and Rivky discuss the new book and ask, what is Yiddish and why is it important? Why shouldn’t we let it die? How is Yiddish similar, or different, to other religious cultural aspects? And, can Yiddish be separated from Judaism? (P.S. Recognize the dulcet tones on that Yiddish song? Hi Uri!) To pre-order the second edition of the book: https://harrypotter.olniansky.com/ Arun in Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/culture-news/298268/harry-potter-translated-yiddish

This week, on our very special 100th episode, Uri and Rivky interviewed Arun Viswanath, who recently translated and published the Yiddish translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (ALREADY SOLD OUT!!). Arun, Uri, and Rivky discuss the new book and ask, what is Yiddish and why is it important? Why shouldn’t we let it die? How is Yiddish similar, or different, to other religious cultural aspects? And, can Yiddish be separated from Judaism? (P.S. Recognize the dulcet tones on that Yiddish song? Hi Uri!) To pre-order the second edition of the book: <a href="https://harrypotter.olniansky.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://harrypotter.olniansky.com/</a> Arun in Tablet: <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/culture-news/298268/harry-potter-translated-yiddish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/culture-news/298268/harry-potter-translated-yiddish</a>

100. Lomir Redn Tachlis! (Let's Talk Tachlis!) with Arun Viswanath