by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once upon a time, there was a tailor sewing in his shop. A woman selling jam passed him by, so he bought an ounce from her. He had some bread in his shop that he cut in two and spread the jam on one half to eat for breakfast. Before eating it though, he finished his...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
A certain woman was divorced from her husband. At that time divorce was a shameful thing and it wasn’t something that people of nobility would even recognize or admit to. If someone was pushed to divorce because of irreconcilable differences, they would hide it for...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Last Sunday, our tale was about fear and the gallows (God forbid). We said those who are hanged are taken down at sunset to spend the night at “Beb Souika”‘s oil mill to be buried the following day. Today’s tale deals with the same subject. However, this time, events...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog
For years, document translations have been increasingly offered digitally and online. Hiring a non-resident translator who can only be contacted online has become standard practice, that is, unless a sworn translator is required. Only when a sworn translator’s...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog
Once in a while, we get requests to translate from English or French into North African dialects. For historical and political reasons, these languages are often referred to as dialects. But according to Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com, see below) and other sources,...
