{"id":1568,"date":"2012-07-23T09:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2012-07-23T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T16:49:46","slug":"fun-blog-about-coast-to-coast-train-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/fun-blog-about-coast-to-coast-train-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun blog about coast-to-coast train trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian star columnist Beppe Severgnini (of Corriere della Sera) traveled in June with German journalist Karl Hoffmann (ARD\u2019s correspondent in Italy) on a trans-American train ride from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. The two journalists and a team of facilitators and translators recorded the journey in an entertaining blog: <a title=\"blog.goethe.de\/Atlantico-Pacifico\/index.php?user_language=en\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.goethe.de\/Atlantico-Pacifico\/index.php?user_language=en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/blog.goethe.de\/Atlantico-Pacifico\/index.php?user_language=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beppe is one of the Italian Language Division&#8217;s Distinguished Speakers at this year&#8217;s ATA Annual Conference in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Italy-based translator Giles Watson &#8211; the ILD&#8217;s other Distinguished Speaker &#8211; translated Beppe&#8217;s blog into English, while Hoffmann wrote the German blog.<\/p>\n<p>The journey is an initiative of <em>Va bene?! La Germania in italiano \u2013 Italien auf deutsch<\/em>, a project which involves journalists, cartoonists and columnists from Germany and Italy with a view to break down mutual prejudices, encourage curiosity and the desire to explore the other.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me and love to travel, then you&#8217;ll really enjoy reading about Karl, Beppe and their companions.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Matt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian star columnist Beppe Severgnini (of Corriere della Sera) traveled in June with German journalist Karl Hoffmann (ARD\u2019s correspondent in Italy) on a trans-American train ride from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. 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