Linguistic facts of the week – English
Check out our award winning blog!No word in the English language rhymes with month. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’. The word set has more definitions than any other word...
View ArticleLinguistic fact of the week; ‘hunky-dory’
Check out our award winning blog!The phrase ‘hunky dory’ may have actually originated from Americans and Brits staying in Japan in the late 19th century. The story goes that the principal street of...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing translations and the impact on the profession
Check out our award winning blog!Crowdsourcing appears to be the latest trend in obtaining information or input into a particular task or project, by enlisting the services of a number of people,...
View ArticleTalk Like a Pirate Day – Just how does one speak like a pirate?
Check out our award winning blog!From Wordnik As the 19th of September was International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here is a brief history of how ‘pirate language’ came into place and some insight into...
View ArticleEuropean Day of Languages – Learn to speak Welsh today!
Check out our award winning blog!Europe is rich in languages – there are over 200 European languages and many more spoken by citizens whose family origin is from other continents. This is an important...
View ArticleLanguages of the Rainbow Nation
Check out our award winning blog!by Emma Wilberforce This month, we welcome back our 2012 blog competition winner, Emma Wilberforce, as she writes about an inspiring visit to South Africa. South...
View ArticleDesk-jobs and how to stay healthy
Check out our award winning blog!Most of you translators out there will know exactly what I am talking about when I say that this is one of the days when I feel that my spine has taken the shape of a...
View ArticleEnglish words with a Welsh origin
Check out our award winning blog!As I was eating my melted cheese on toast this morning, I recalled a conversation with one of my Welsh friends about all things Welsh, among which the traditional Welsh...
View ArticleRhythm, movement and language learning
Check out our award winning blog!I was reading an article on BBC news the other day, about this very interesting research on the way moving to a steady beat is closely linked to better language skills....
View ArticleOver and out – the language of sign offs
Check out our award winning blog!By Emma Wilberforce ‘How should I sign off this email?’ I found myself thinking this the other day when I was in the process of sending a message to a friendly...
View ArticleAre language translation services the key to export success?
Check out our award winning blog! The European Union has had a negative shadow cast over it for a considerable amount of time now. As we pass from recession to double-dip recession and then back to...
View ArticleFeels like home? How friendly is your website to foreign buyers?
Check out our award winning blog! When it comes to reaching international buyers, one of the first steps to be taken care of is translation and localisation of your company’s webpage. This is important...
View ArticleSome unusual terms of endearment in Greek
Check out our award winning blog! In response to the lovely article about the languages of love, published by BBC News Magazine this morning, I thought it would be a good idea to contribute to the pool...
View ArticleIs Chinese translation the key to success in business?
Check out our award winning blog! The decision to use Chinese translation in the business world, a world that is breaking down barriers between countries every day, is growing in importance, whether...
View ArticleInteresting linguistic events around the UK, June 2013
Check out our award winning blog! The first days of June were greeted with much enthusiasm around the UK, as the weather has been our friend this time. Before you start packing for much-anticipated...
View ArticleTourism, business and Chinese translation
Check out our award winning blog! A couple of my recent articles for this blog have focused on the benefits of learning Chinese Mandarin before setting up for business in China. This is certainly worth...
View ArticleThe Spectacular Translation Machine; a collective experiment
Check out our award winning blog! Gone are the lonely days and nights in front of the computer, with nothing but you in your PJs, your source text and a pile of dictionaries to keep you company. The...
View ArticleThe quality-speed-cost triangle
Check out our award winning blog! Today’s blog is about a principle which is well-known among professionals in the translation industry, featuring in every translation student’s notebook with bright...
View ArticleReconciling pie and cake; working holiday
Check out our award winning blog! People say that successful freelancing calls for courage, skill and no holidays. Fair enough (really?), but who said that working cannot include a sunny beach, summer...
View ArticleBeat the ‘back to work’ blues
Check out our award winning blog! As I can still feel the sand in my sandals while I’m writing these lines, I thought I’d give myself and the rest of the ‘back to work’ professionals a tad of...
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