For me, finding academic success meant leaving
my language and culture behind.
Many of us will have left our family, friends,
language and culture behind when fleeing our homes.
Not exact matches
Invading Romans, Anglo - Saxons
and Normans may have shaped the history,
culture and language of the British Isles, but they left surprisingly few genetic traces
behind.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt commended immigrants who «may still retain their affection for some of the things they left
behind — old customs, old
languages, old friends,»
and «wove into the pattern of American life some of the color, some of the richness of the
cultures from which they came....
«What happens
behind the scene in translations is basically up to the translators, proof - readers
and correctors to make sure the text keeps the tone, or adapts it for another
culture,
and make sure that idioms
and any other
culture - based linguistic elements are read seamlessly, as if the text had been written in that
language, rather than a translated version of the original,» MacMaillan said.
Will they decide to stay with their island home or move to a new
and unfamiliar land, leaving their
culture and language behind forever?»
The report argues that the governments of the Northern Territory
and the Commonwealth have a responsibility to support the principles
behind bilingual education as a means to improving students» experience of
and participation in the formal education system
and supporting the maintenance of unique
cultures and languages.