May 2010

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Sustainable Development and Organizational Change

by Richard Brooks May 27, 2010 Education

I just returned from the ALC2010 conference in Miami where I presented about developing a sustainable corporate strategy. I had pretty good feedback about the presentation so thought I would use blog.k-international.com to expand on a couple of points.

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Number of Non-English-Speaking Households Rises In the US

by Charlie Jolly May 27, 2010 Languages

A newly-released report from the US Census Bureau shows that the number of non-English-speaking households in the US has increased significantly. According to the report, which uses data collected in 2007 as part of the American Community Survey, 55.4 million Americans speak a language other than English when they are at home.

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Laz Language on Decline in Turkey

by Richard Brooks May 26, 2010 In Danger of Extinction

Turkish is the only official language of Turkey, but it is far from the only language spoken there. Unfortunately, many of the minority languages are on the decline.

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Deaf Hip-Hop Singer Snags Recording Contract

by Richard Brooks May 19, 2010 Entertainment

Deaf hip-hop artist Sean Forbes just signed a recording contract with Web Entertainment and BMI, according to the Detroit Free Press. Forbes is the co-founder of the Deaf Professional Arts Network also known as D-Pan, which makes sign-language remakes of popular music videos.

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South African Pharmacy Unleashes Translation Device for World Cup Fans

by Charlie Jolly May 18, 2010 Sport

The 2010 World Cup is set to take place in South Africa next month, from June 11th to July 11th. Teams from 32 different countries will travel to the country to compete for the championship. Of course, with the World Cup will come hordes of foreign football fans, all ready to party. Some of them [...]

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Shanghai Tries to Clean Up Its Chinglish

by Charlie Jolly May 17, 2010 Translation Errors

For the next 6 months, Shanghai will be hosting the 2010 World Expo. According to the New York Times, the Chinese government is preparing for the event, in part, by mounting a campaign to clean up the muddle of malapropisms affectionately known as “Chinglish.”

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Dutch or French? The Line Between the Two Threatens to Divide Belgium

by Richard Brooks May 17, 2010 Languages

Belgium is like two countries rolled up into one-French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders. Soon, the tension between the two may split the country apart. The conflict between the two language groups goes back to when the country was founded in the 19th century. At that time, the country’s ruling class spoke French. In fact, if [...]

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Real-Time Mobile Translation To Be Available Soon

by Charlie Jolly May 7, 2010 Machine Translation

At the Mobile Voice Conference last week in San Francisco, two companies displayed products that can turn your cell phone into an instant translator, although neither is available for consumers yet and both have very limited capabilities.

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Vermont Artist Highlights Endangered Alphabets

by Charlie Jolly May 6, 2010 In Danger of Extinction

On average, 10 languages disappear for good each and every year. Tim Brookes, a Vermont travel writer and artist, is trying to raise awareness of this issue with his new exhibition: 13 rare alphabets carved and painted into real Vermont maple.

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