Learning To Live In Translation

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Welcome to Learning To Live In Translation!

Here, words cross borders.

This space is for anyone who has ever tried to politely escape the enthusiastic ramblings of a stranger - in a language you are not yet fluent in —or blushed after accidentally mispronouncing a word into something wildly inappropriate.

It’s for the dreamers, the expats, the language lovers, the parents raising bilingual babies, the teachers navigating cultural nuance, and anyone who’s found themselves building a life in a place that once felt foreign.

In Learning to live in Translation, I’ll be sharing real stories from a life lived across languages and cultures.

Expect posts on:

• Humor in the hard stuff, and beauty in the messy middle

• Buying homes, battling bureaucracy, and surviving paperwork in another tongue

• Starting a business abroad — the chaos, the curve-balls, and the wins that feel huge.

• Giving birth and parenting abroad

• Celebrating birthdays and holidays far from “home”

• Losing loved ones and finding ways to grieve without the words you’re used to

• Making friends from scratch, and building community in unexpected places

• The joys and jolts of being “new,” and the quiet magic of becoming local

• Teaching and learning languages (sometimes with a laugh, always with more knowledge)

• Some weird and strange experiences - because life isn’t just 3D

Whether you’re a fellow foreigner, a curious linguist, or just someone who loves stories about life lived with heart, hilarity, and a good dose of humility—you’re welcome here.

We live, we learn, we translate.

And somewhere in all that, we become.

C Simone