Lost In Translation

03/08/2022 36 min
Lost In Translation

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Episode Synopsis

Today on the show, we're bringing you the stories of two families grappling with how best to communicate across linguistic differences. In the first story, a young man sorts through how to talk to his parents about gender in Chinese, where the words for "he" and "she" sound exactly the same. Then, we follow a family who was advised to stop speaking their heritage language, Japanese, based on some outdated and incomplete research.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy