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  For the June 8, 2026, Fiction Issue cover, the artists Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral collaborated on a shared vision of a life filled with books, enjoyed by a whole community. The two work in close partnership: he draws, she applies the colors, and they develop their ideas together. “Our home is literally filled with books in every room, even the bathroom. We and our children read them, study them, live with and among them,” the couple told us. They quoted Federico García Lorca, a writer from their home town of Granada, Spain: “No sólo de pan vive el hombre. Yo, si tuviera hambre y estuviera desvalido en la calle no pediría un pan; sino que pediría medio pan y un libro.” His words translate to: “Man does not live by bread alone. If I were hungry and destitute on the street, I would not ask for a loaf of bread; I would ask for half a loaf and a book.”

Let's check these many illustrated by Anjana Iyer , for the Found in Translation project.  Backpfeifengesicht – DE – A face badly in need of a fist. (Em PT, somos negativos e depreciativos, a pessoa nem tem cara para levar um estalo / um soco.) Iktsuarpok – Inuit – The frustration of waiting for someone to turn up. (We have seen this one before, but with another translation: “The sense of anticipation as you wait for someone to visit.”) Tingo – Pascuense / Rapa Nui – To gradually steal all the possessions out of a neighbour's house by borrowing and not returning. (We have seen this one before, but with another translation: “The act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.”) Ilunga (Tshiluba) – A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time. (Em PT, Luba é uma das línguas bantas.) Hanyauku – KWN – The act of walking on tiptoes across warm sand. (E...

Let's check a few more – illustrated by Emma Block , who did an art retreat in Monsaraz. 🇵🇹  Flechazo – ES – An arrow shot love at first sight. Iktsuarpok – Inuit – The sense of anticipation as you wait for someone to visit. Merak – SR – A sense of oneness with the universe derived from the simplest of pleasures. Firgun – HE – The simple, unselfish joy that something good has happened to someone else. (The opposite of Schadenfreude!) Oodal – TA – The fake anger lovers display after a tiff. Dor – RO – The sense of longing when separated from that which you love. (tantamount to PT Saudade; «Dor» means Ache or Pain in PT) Aay’han – Mandalorian – A bittersweet moment of mourning & joy. Manabamáte – Rapa Nui – The lack of appetite you suffer when falling in love.  

Because of our Saudade, let's check a few more – illustrated by  Marija Tiurina . Duende – ES – The mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person. Cafuné – PTbr – The act of tenderly running fingers through someone's hair.   Gufra – AR – The amount of water that can be held in a hand.   Palegg – NO – Anything and everything that you can put on a slice of bread. (Temos isto em PT: conduto; presigo.)   Tingo – Pascuense / Rapa Nui – The act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.  

 

                  Sona , considerado o último tigre de circo de Portugal, chegou ao santuário espanhol para grandes felinos, em Alicante, após 16 anos em cativeiro, aguardando o fim do período de quarentena para poder andar em terra firme pela primeira vez. Segundo a Fundação AAP (Animal Advocacy and Protection, Defesa e Protecção dos Animais), que gere o santuário em Villena, Alicante, este felino branco de três metros de comprimento era explorado desde os três meses de idade. Era utilizado em truques de magia e exibido como atracção turística num circo, onde era mantido num reboque de camião com uma pequena jaula exterior. A sua chegada às instalações da AAP em Espanha foi possível graças à colaboração com a Pangea Trust, que tinha conhecimento da situação de Sona desde 2018, quando Portugal não tinha ainda uma lei que proibisse a utilização de animais selvagens em espectáculos circenses. Essa lei acabou por ser aprovada em Fevereiro 2019...

O enredo decorre em Barcelona, dou-lhe 🛕🛕🛕🛕🛕! Tradução de Helena Romão, revisão de Jorge Colaço, letragem / legendagem de Magda M. Coelho

From the wonderful CDA blog .   If there’s one thing the British coastline is famous for, it’s fish and chips. You’d be hard pushed to find a seaside town that doesn’t have at least one chip shop. Fish and chips have become such a British staple in fact, that during World War II, Winston Churchill exempt the dish from rationing. But it might be surprising to hear that fish and chips aren’t British at all, but Portuguese.  It’s said that the Shepardic Jews of Portugal bought a centuries old Andalusian dish called peshkado frito to the UK in the 1400s when fleeing religious persecution. White fish would be fried in a thin coat of flour ready for the Sabbath and when the potato became popular in the 1800’s, they made the perfect accompaniment… Now you know where “fish and chip Friday” comes from!     It’s starting to feel like Portugal doesn’t quite get the credit it deserves when it comes to “native” food…While many foods have been taken from India and ad...