It is not another Oscar prediction. It is pure science. As I work for the leading translation service, I just love foreign languages and watch new foreign language movies regularly.
However, in order to know which foreign language film will win the Oscar in 2010 or in any other given year; you don’t have to actually watch the films.
Well, this year the nominees are “Ajami” from Israel, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” from Argentina , “The Milk of Sorrow” from Peru, “Un Prophète” from France and “The White Ribbon” from Germany.
Without knowing anything about the films, I can say that the winner will be “Un Prophète” from France.
Here are the reasons:
1. 83% (46 out of 55) of the winners in this category in the history of the Academy awards were films from the European continent. Since last year a Japanese film won, it is not likely that there will be again a non European winner this year.
2. French films took 9 awards while Germany ones took only 3 since the first 1947 award.
3. French films have a higher winning /nomination rate - 26% compared to 20% of Germany ones
4. Germany had won the Oscar in 2006 while France had not won it since 1992.
Will my science work? We will see soon. Meanwhile, back to working on http://www.tomedes.com .
P.S. My personal favorite is “Ajami” – An outstanding film.
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A very interesting and admirable effort is taking place within the boundaries of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for there lies the Academy of the Hebrew Language which is dedicated towards preserving Hebrew and promoting its use among the masses by updating it with the changing times. The academy develops nearly 2,000 new Hebrew words annually for modern terms and concepts like blog, sustainable development, hacker and jetlag. The academy tries to find original Hebrew words that would convey the meaning of modern terms rather than just translating a new English word into Hebrew. For example, it came up with the term “ayefat” for jetlag. This Hebrew word was created using the root word for “tired”, similarly the academy recommends “misron” for SMS.
Hebrew, which is among the oldest languages of the world had not been used as a spoken language for more than 1,700 years. During this period it was solely used in biblical and religious texts. It was only 150 years ago that efforts were made to revive it as a spoken language and the man who played an instrumental role in reintroducing Hebrew as a spoken language is Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. This year Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet marked Ben-Yehuda’s 152nd birthday on January 7th with a special session in which it was decided that the day would be henceforth celebrated as National Hebrew Day.
