by Alpha Omega Translations | May 4, 2014 | Foreign Language
The colorful domes of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow brilliantly juxtapose the exquisite gardens and palaces of the Kremlin. Four hundred miles away, in Saint Petersburg, the Hermitage museum displays 18th century architectural pomp, attesting to the cultural...
by Alpha Omega Translations | May 4, 2014 | Foreign Language
The mirrors and fenders of cars are gleaming from the sunlight in the first row of a parking lot. Your car has made it to the beach in Miami but all the parking spaces seem to be occupied. One quick look at the license plates and your frustration has found its...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Mar 3, 2014 | Foreign Language
A school of fish observe with awe the bubbles spew out of a creature with great dorsal protrusions and finned feet. A look behind the plasticized eye lids and the culprit is revealed, a human being at the lowest depths of the ocean! Similarly, a formation of birds...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Jan 1, 2014 | Foreign Language
Newcomers to the northwestern Arizona highlands are surprised by a smattering of snow that comes to interrupt the usual stifling dryness. Amid this dryness, dozens of Indian bands or scattered tribes are regrouped in reservations. The focus here is the Yavapai “people...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 16, 2013 | Foreign Language
A “people of the dawnlands” (where the sun rises), who speak something called Abenaki, shave distinct portions of their heads, resort to fishing and were confronted with European colonialism resembles a culture from feudal Japan. Instead, they are an Indian tribe...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Dec 14, 2013 | Foreign Language
If anyone has seen a documentary or Animal Planet episode about grizzlies bears, they can imagine the backdrop. The Ursus arctos comes to feed at crystal-clear rapids surrounded by tall and densely standing pines. The bears reach their claws into the water for fresh...