languages

it's amazing how the language one speaks can define a person.
I realized that not only with portuguese, english and japanese, but now recently with, brazilian portuguese.

When I say the same thing with portuguese portuguese and brazilian portuguese (I can speak with a perfect accent, grandmother was brazilian and I have many brazilian relatives and liked watching "telenovelas" when I was a kid - need to try these again!), it sounds very different. In brazilian portuguese it's like my voice turns happy thanks to the intonation it automatically produces.

We portuguese are a very happy people, but now, I understand why the brazilian are even (apparently at least) happier. Also noticed that with a japanese person I know who speaks brazilian portuguese.

I'm writing this because this week, for the first time, I had my head turned completely brazilian because of a large translation I'm doing. What I do is translate the line by saying it out loud in brazilian portuguese. And started noticing that. And realized that watching "telenovelas" when I was kid might have helped building a few traits of my current personality. Besides perfecting my brazilian portuguese.

And translation is cool and fun. It's like reading a novel or watching some tv drama. Or...playing a videogame... Haha.