I don't usually get to make a direct contribution to Bible translation, but THIS week I did. The linguistics department commissioned me for a very important work: visual representation of the many hats worn in their office. There is the linguistics hat, a veiled hat with ivory tower which shows the majestic, peaceful experience of doing theoretical linguistics. The orthography hat, on the other hand, shows the crazy artistic experience of working with people and letters to create a usable writing system. You'll also see the consultant hat, the EC hat (an administrative role of one person in the office, not related to linguistics), the dictionary hat, the coordinator hat, and the cat in the hat... for when they take off all their hats at the end of the day. I enjoyed learning more about the work of my colleagues and contributing to their office. Now it is time to finish planning for beginning the semester with kids... in 5 days!
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