Archive for August, 2011
Esperanto’s big premiere on the big screen Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 23, 2011
The first Esperanto film festival took place in São Paulo on July 10-13, 2011. This was at the same time as three other large Esperanto congresses: Esperanto Congress of the Americas (TAKE), Brazilian Congress of Esperanto (BKE) and the Brazilian Esperanto Youth Congress (BEJK). Here you can enjoy a joint interview held between Transparent Language…
Universala Kongreso – something for everyone! (Part 2/2) Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 16, 2011
In the last part, to enjoy the conference, David Dougherty asked himself the following questions: a. Where could I meet people? b. What were my personal interests? c. What could this Congress offer me, that is not available elsewhere? The following describe the particular highlights of the Congress for him, including his answers: 1. Visiting…
Universala Kongreso – something for everyone! (Part 1/2) Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 12, 2011
David Dougherty’s comment caught my eye and finally he tells all of what the hell he was doing at the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto (Abbreviated: UK). I learned Esperanto in 2005, and have had a fabulous time with it. I felt that I had to finally attend an Universala Kongreso. This is the biggest annual…
Asternauts film – official Esperanto subtitles! Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 9, 2011
Today I’m with Marta Masferrer, the director of Conlang: the movie, a 15 minute short film about a fictional conlang community (people who make their own languages). Even though her next film isn’t related to languages, she wants to also have official Esperanto subtitles for that too. Read on to learn how you can help…
“IJK is the people” Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 4, 2011
[Ĉi tiu artikolo legeblas en la originala Esperanto ĉe Libera Folio.] Today I’m happy to have Carolin Weemeyer with me, a 29-year-old teacher in Germany who participated in the International Youth Conference of Esperanto (IJK) in Kiev. She provides us with an analysis of the previous IJK and the IJKs in general. The above citation…
Facila Vento – easy reading in Esperanto Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 2, 2011
I know, you’re just starting to learn Esperanto or perhaps you know someone else just getting started. There’s a ton of stuff to read online, but it all feels a bit too difficult. Facila Vento is a new site producing new easy-to-read Esperanto texts to help beginners get comfortable in the language. The name “facila…
First time abroad and at IJK! Posted by Chuck Smith on Aug 2, 2011
As a long-time participant of Esperanto youth conferences, you can sometimes get the “Been there, done that” sentiment and it’s always refreshing to have a new voice to remind you of the charm of the first time at such an event. That’s way I’m delighted to have a guest entry about the International Youth Conference…