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Babel
Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to: Arts and media Written works Books *Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * Babel (2017 manga), ''Babel'' (2017 manga), by Yūgo Ishikawa *''Babel'', a 1922 novel by John Cournos *''Babel'', a 1969 novel by Alan Burns (author) *''Babel'', a 2016 book by Zygmunt Bauman and Ezio Mauro *''Babel'', a 2018 book about linguistics by Gaston Dorren * ''Babel-17'', a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''Babel, or the Necessity of Violence'', a 2022 novel by R. F. Kuang Periodicals * Babel (magazine), ''Babel'' (magazine), a magazine about linguistics * ''Babel'', a journal produced by the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations * ''Babel'', a journal published by the International Federation of Translators * Babel (newspaper), ''Babel'' (newspaper), an Iraqi newspaper Film and television Star Trek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (Mumford & Sons Album)
''Babel'' is the second studio album by British rock band Mumford & Sons. As with '' Sigh No More'', the album was produced by Markus Dravs. The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee. It was released on 21 September 2012 in Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Australia and New Zealand. It was released on 24 September 2012 in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Eastern Europe, South America, and on 25 September 2012 in the United States and Canada. Upon its release, ''Babel'' debuted at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US ''Billboard'' 200."New Mumford & Sons album Babel is fastest seller of 2012 in UK and US" The Guardian. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel
Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon and may refer to: Arts and media Written works Books *Babel (book), ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * Babel (2012 manga), ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * Babel (2017 manga), ''Babel'' (2017 manga), by Yūgo Ishikawa *''Babel'', a 1922 novel by John Cournos *''Babel'', a 1969 novel by Alan Burns (author) *''Babel'', a 2016 book by Zygmunt Bauman and Ezio Mauro *''Babel'', a 2018 book about linguistics by Gaston Dorren * ''Babel-17'', a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''Babel, or the Necessity of Violence'', a 2022 novel by R. F. Kuang Periodicals * Babel (magazine), ''Babel'' (magazine), a magazine about linguistics * ''Babel'', a journal produced by the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations * ''Babel'', a journal published by the International Federation of Translators * Babel (newspaper), ''Babel'' (newspaper), an Iraqi newspaper Film and television Star Trek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (film)
''Babel'' is a 2006 psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The multi-narrative drama completes Arriaga's and Iñárritu's ''Death Trilogy'', following ''Amores perros'' and '' 21 Grams''. It is an international co-production among companies based in the United States, Mexico and France. The film features an ensemble cast and use of hyperlink cinema, which portrays interwoven stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. ''Babel'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where González Iñárritu won the Best Director Award. The film was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film opened in selected cities in the United States on 27 October 2006, and went into wide release on 10 November 2006. ''Babel'' received positive reviews and was a financial success, grossing $135 million worldwide. It eventually won the Golden Globe Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel, Or The Necessity Of Violence
''Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution'' is a 2022 novel by R. F. Kuang. It debuted at the first spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and won Blackwell's Books of the Year for Fiction in 2022. Thematically similar to '' The Poppy War'', Kuang's first book series, the book criticizes British imperialism, capitalism, and the complicity of academia in perpetuating and enabling them. Kuang drew heavily from history and her own experiences as both a translator and an Oxford graduate. Setting ''Babel'' is set in an alternate-reality 1830s England in which Britain's global economic and colonial supremacy are fueled by the use of magical silver bars. In this world, silver has magical properties tied to language: it is capable of capturing what is "lost in translation" between words in different languages that have similar, but not identical, meanings. Silver bars inscribed with such 'match-pairs' of words can thus mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel-17
''Babel-17'' is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language influences thought and perception) plays an important part. It was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 (with ''Flowers for Algernon'') and was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. Delany hoped to have ''Babel-17'' originally published as a single volume with the novella ''Empire Star'', but this did not happen until a 2001 reprint. Plot summary Babel-17 is a language that can be used as a weapon utilized by enemy invaders during an interstellar war. Chinese starship captain, linguist, poet, and telepath Rydra Wong begins to learn the language. After several attacks have been made by the invaders who speak Babel-17, she soon realizes the potential of the language to change one's thought process and provide speakers with certain powers, and she is recruited by her government to discover how the enemy is infiltr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey To Babel
"Journey to Babel" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek''. Written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on November 17, 1967. In the episode, ''Enterprise'' is tasked with transporting dignitaries to a diplomatic conference. The episode features the first appearance of Sarek ( Mark Lenard) and Amanda (Jane Wyatt), the parents of Spock, and also introduces two new species, the Andorians and the Tellarites. Plot ''Enterprise'', under the command of Captain Kirk, is transporting Federation ambassadors to a conference on the planet Babel to discuss the admission of the Coridan system into the Federation. The system is a prime source of dilithium crystals, but is underpopulated and unprotected, a situation some would prefer to maintain by keeping Coridan out of the Federation. Sarek, who is a Vulcan ambassador, boards the ship with his human wife Amanda, ignoring Spock's greetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel One
"Babel One" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', and originally aired on January 28, 2005. The episode was written by Mike Sussman and André Bormanis, and directed by David Straiton. "Babel One" was the first of a three-part story which continued in the episodes "United" and " The Aenar". The arc was intended to precede the Romulan War which had been mentioned in previously aired episodes of the franchise, while "Babel One" was a reference to the ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode "Journey to Babel". Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship ''Enterprise'', registration NX-01. In this episode, ''Enterprise'' is ferrying a Tellarite Ambassador, when they respond to distress calls from Andorian vessel under attack. Pursuing the mysterious attacking vessel, they begin to uncover a plot to derail cooperative relations between the Tellarites, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (song)
"Babel" is a song performed by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, released as the fourth single from their second studio album ''Babel'' (2012). It was released on 9 July 2013 as a digital download. The song was written by Mumford & Sons and produced by Markus Dravs. Music video A music video to accompany the release of "Babel" was first released onto YouTube on 8 July 2013 at a total length of four minutes and five seconds. The video shows the band performing the song in the former 16th Street station in Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third .... Track listing Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 2012 songs 2013 singles Mumford & Sons songs Island Records si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (book)
''Babel'' is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1978, and contains Smith's poems along with her prose, lyrics, pictures and drawings. Contents Radio Ethiopia # "Notice" # "Italy" # "The Tapper Extracts" # "Grant" # "Street of the Guides" # "Rimbaud Dead" # "Sohl" # "Neo Boy" # "Dog Dream" # "Mirza" # "The Stream" # "The Dream of Rimbaud" # "Doctor Love" Alien to Alien # "Munich" # " High on Rebellion" # " Ain't It Strange" # "Egypt" # "Rape" # " Space Monkey" # "Suite" Sister Morphine # "Notice 2" # "Judith" # "Georgia O'Keeffe" # " A Fire of Unknown Origin" # "Edie Sedgewick" # "Judith Revisited" # "Marianne Faithfull" # "Sister Morphine" Pipe Dreams # "Bread" # "Sterling Forest" # "Grass" # "Vandal" # "The Amazing Tale of Skunkdog" # "Konya the Shepherd" # "Sandayu the Separate" # "Conteé" # "Saba the Bird" # "Thermos" # "Enculé" Mohammedia # "The Sheep Lady from Algiers" # "Penicillin" # "Robert Bresson" # "Carnival! Carnival!" # "k.o.d.a.k." # "Mad Juana" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (soundtrack)
''Babel'' is the original soundtrack album, on the Concord label, of the 2006 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning film ''Babel'' starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi and Kōji Yakusho. The original score and songs were composed and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla. The album won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of '' The Painted Veil''). The closing scene of the film features Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Bibo no Aozora." Sakamoto has previously won the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award for his score for ''The Last Emperor''. Track listing Disc one # "Tazarine" - Gustavo Santaolalla # "Tu Me Acostumbraste" - Chavela Vargas # "September/The Joker" (ATFC"s Aces High/Shinichi Osawa remix) - Earth, Wind and Fire / Fatboy Slim # "Deportation/Iguazu" - Gustavo Santaolall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylon
''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babili'' *Kassite: ''Karanduniash'', ''Karduniash'' , image = Street in Babylon.jpg , image_size=250px , alt = A partial view of the ruins of Babylon , caption = A partial view of the ruins of Babylon , map_type = Near East#West Asia#Iraq , relief = yes , map_alt = Babylon lies in the center of Iraq , coordinates = , location = Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq , region = Mesopotamia , type = Settlement , part_of = Babylonia , length = , width = , area = , height = , builder = , material = , built = , abandoned = , epochs = , cultures = Sumerian, Akkadian, Amorite, Kassite, Assyrian, Chaldean, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sasanian, Muslim , dependency_of = , occupants = , event = , excavations = , archaeologists = Hormuzd Rassam, Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (magazine)
''Babel'' is a quarterly magazine about languages and linguistics. Its aim is to make linguistics and linguistic research accessible to a wider audience. The magazine is available in digital format and in print and offers individual and institutional subscriptions with international shipping. Its first issue appeared in November 2012. ''Babel'' is based and produced at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the University of Huddersfield, by an editorial team headed by Professors Lesley Jeffries and Dan MacIntyre. British linguist David Crystal serves as linguistic consultant. The magazine was endorsed by comedian Stephen Fry. Babel Lecture The magazine has been organising the annual Babel Lecture, a public talk about linguistics. The inaugural lecture was held in 2015 by Game of Thrones language expert Brendan Gunn. Babel Young Writers' Competition The magazine also organises an annual Young Writer's Competition, for which there are two age groups one can compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
