Karis Kim

Tips for Reading in a Foreign Language: Intermediate Level

February 28, 2025

You can finally read at the intermediate level. You can comprehend simple texts and identify every other word or grammar structure. Reading has become les... Read More

Domestication and Foreignization in Translated Texts

February 21, 2025

Marriam-Webster defines domesticate as “to bring into use in one's own country: to bring into domestic use”. In the context of the domestication of translate... Read More

Hindi, Urdu, and Hindustani

February 14, 2025

Following English and Mandarin Chinese, Hindi is renowned for being the third most widely spoken language in the world, with around 650 million speakers glob... Read More

Squid Game: Dubs, Subs, and Why “Inaccurate” Translations are OK

February 10, 2025

The second season of Squid Game was released on December 26, 2024, and garnered 68 million views in its first week, the fastest series to do so in Netflix hi... Read More

Reflections of a Heritage Language Learner

February 10, 2025

Heritage language learners (HLLs) are those who learn a language traditionally spoken in their family and can speak, or at least understand that language. ... Read More

Tips for Language Learning as an Introvert: Intermediate Level

January 24, 2025

Learning a language at the intermediate level is as daunting as it is rewarding. If you listen in on full-fledged conversations, you can recognize m... Read More

How to Memorize Vocabulary Words

December 24, 2024

Although semantic encoding sounds like a highly complex term, its definition is actually rather simple: it’s a memorization method where additional, personal... Read More

Arabic, Spanish, and the Inseparability of History and Language

December 15, 2024

For several centuries, Spain was not controlled by Spaniards. In 711, the Arabic-speaking Umayyad dynasty from North Africa—also known as the Moors—crosse... Read More

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean: An Overview

December 7, 2024

In virtually all circumstances, to learn about China, Korea, or Japan is to inevitably learn about the other two countries too. These three East Asian nation... Read More

Tips for Reading in a Foreign Language: Beginner Level

November 29, 2024

It’s ironic: Half of the reason why I learn languages is to read in them, yet often, trying to do so is what discourages me from progressing. It’s like cl... Read More

“Untranslatable” Words: Snapshots of Culture

November 22, 2024

If every single word in a language had a perfect, one-to-one equivalent in another, wouldn’t that just make language learning boring? At the very least, I th... Read More