International

Thumbnail for the ALC blog

Communicating for the ALC

by Jonny Henchman April 23, 2013 International

As part of our continued drive to increase co-operation between language companies, we worked alongside Dynamic Language in Seattle to provide an information delivery system for the Association of Language companies (ALC) of which we are both members. Our aim, and that of the ALC, is to improve quality and systems within the translation industry [...]

1 comment Read the full article →
Jonathan Henchman, Marketing Designer

A Gaijin in Tokyo

by Jonny Henchman March 19, 2013 Celebration

In our last article, Alison noted how lazy we Brits are when it comes to preparing our Language knowledge when travelling abroad. From my own experience I’ve seen just how extensive this can be and I’m guilty as charged. In both 2011 and 2012 I travelled to Tokyo for a combined total of 5 weeks. As a [...]

1 comment Read the full article →
Are Bad Translators Driving Out Good Translators?

Are Bad Translators Driving Out Good Translators?

by Annie Pagano March 8, 2013 Case Studies

this is a guest post written by our partner company Interpreters and Translators, Inc. from Manchester, Connecticut USA Paul Sulzberger on his blog, The Translation Business, recently asked whether bad translators are driving out good translators. Paul’s posting tackles the issue of how the need for translation is growing steeply but the fees translators earn [...]

5 comments Read the full article →
Polish is England's official second language

“Cześć, jestem z Anglii.”

by Jonny Henchman February 4, 2013 Education

If you can understand that, chances are you are one of the 540,000 speakers of England’s new official second language. That’s right, Polish, has overtaken Punjabi according to the results of the 2011 Census carried out by the Office of National Statistics.

1 comment Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for It’s the year of the snake!

It’s the year of the snake!

by Jonny Henchman February 1, 2013 Celebration

February the 10th marks Chinese New Year, a festive event celebrated by people all around the world (the image above was taken in Yokohama, Japan). As you may well know, the Chinese New Year is represented by one of 12 different animals which cycle annually. 2013 is the year of the snake, children born in [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Translating Food

by Alison Kroulek May 31, 2012 International
Thumbnail image for Translating Food

The New York Times has an interesting article up about the surprising number of American chefs who’ve gotten quite famous for cooking up foreign foods. You would think that people would be more likely to flock to restaurants run by people who are from the country where the cuisine in question originated, but apparently that [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

US Government Still Short on Translators and Interpreters

by Alison Kroulek May 23, 2012 International

English has become one of the most widespread languages worldwide, and that sometimes leads people in English-speaking countries to discount the value of foreign language education. For example, in the United States, census data shows that in 2000, only 9.3 percent of Americans could hold a conversation in another language, and the BBC notes that [...]

0 comments Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Texting in Endangered Languages

Texting in Endangered Languages

by Richard Kazandjian January 18, 2012 Education

If you’re trying to preserve an endangered language, technology can be both your best friend and your worst enemy. More and more frequently, however, technology has become an ally in the quest to keep indigenous languages alive. Apps and computer programs have been developed to bring these previously left-behind languages into the digital age. That [...]

1 comment Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Who is Santa Claus?

Who is Santa Claus?

by Richard Kazandjian December 23, 2011 Entertainment

Santa Claus is a familiar figure to children and adults across the world; a “jolly old elf” who rides through the night sky on a sleigh, bringing presents to all the good boys and girls. But who is Santa Claus, really? Where the does the legend come from? The English name “Santa Claus” comes from [...]

1 comment Read the full article →
Thumbnail image for Duolingo

Duolingo

by Richard Kazandjian December 15, 2011 International

What language does the Internet speak? All languages, of course, but English much more so than others. Per Wikipedia, anywhere from 65 to 85 percent of the content on the World Wide Web today is written in English. That’s great for all of us English speakers, but what about the huge chunk of the world [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

← Previous Entries