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  1. Spotted this extremely unusual stylized script on some graffiti in Split, Croatia. Pretty sure the second word is in Glagolitic letters, but I can’t decipher the letters.

    What does it say? And what does it mean? Any help would be much appreciated.

    #glagolitic #glagolitija #glagolitsa #slavic #hvratski #hvratska #croatian #historicallinguistics #languages #slavonicstudies #oldchurchslavonic #Slavonic #cyrillic #glagoljica #croatia

  2. 📢 New Book Alert!

    🚀 Explore 'Translating Russian Literature in the Global Context', ed. by Muireann Maguire & Cathy McAteer.

    🌍 'Translating #RussianLiterature in the Global Context' examines the translation and reception of Russian literature as a world-wide process. This volume aims to provoke new debate about the continued currency of #Russian #literature as symbolic capital for international readers, in particular for nations seeking to create or consolidate cultural and political leverage in the so-called ‘World Republic of Letters’. It also seeks to examine and contrast the mechanisms of the translation and uses of #Russian #literature across the globe. This collection presents academic essays, grouped according to geographical location, by thirty-seven international scholars.

    This volume will open up #Slavonic #Translation Studies for the general reader, the student of #ComparativeLiterature, and the academic scholar alike.

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