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Arab Spring Social Media

by Tanguy July 12, 2011 Case Studies

We already know the importance of  social media in marketing, brand awareness and communication. Social media now has a major role in democracy and in the fight against repression. In the recent Arab Spring revolution people used social media to communicate about the facts, to organise struggle against tyranny and to raise awareness worldwide. The [...]

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In Italy’s South Tyrol, German Trail Signs Cause Controversy

by Caroline Mikolajczyk May 9, 2011 Politics

In this bilingual region, tensions over language have been there forever and the struggle over train signs in the Dolomite Mountains is once again the proof.

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Botched translation leads to tension between the US and Bulgaria

by Richard Brooks April 26, 2011 Politics

A botched language translation of a speech given by James Warlick, the US Ambassador to Bulgaria, at the  “Europe as a Global Actor” Conference last week apparently infuriated Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.  And since this is the age of the internet, President Parvanov took his beef directly to Facebook. According to Novinite.com, during his speech [...]

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Translation Issue Puts Businessman in an Egyptian Jail

by Caroline Mikolajczyk February 14, 2011 Politics

An Egyptian-American businessman found himself trapped in an Egyptian jail cell last month, all because of a translation issue. Mostafa Soliman has dual Egyptian and American citizenship and owns an Egyptian health food company called Healthy Harvest. He claims his problems began when he went to Egypt to manage the shipment of a variety of [...]

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Translation Issues Between Presidents

by Caroline Mikolajczyk January 25, 2011 Politics

Chinese President Hu Jintao spent four days in America last week, meeting with US government officials and business leaders. Unfortunately, his visit was dogged by multiple translation issues. Read more!

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China Orders Chinese Media to Cease Using Foreign Words

by Richard Brooks January 4, 2011 Politics

China’s General Administration of Press and Publication has ordered Chinese newspapers, publishers and websites to stop using foreign words and acronyms. Find out more!

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Belgium’s Language Divide Affects Everything From Government to Soccer Clubs

by Caroline Mikolajczyk August 27, 2010 Politics

The divide between French speakers and Dutch speakers in Belgium has grown increasingly intractable, and currently affects everything from how well the country’s government does (or does not) function to coaching schoolchildren at a soccer club. According to the Associated Press, the KFC Strombeek soccer club of Grimbergen, Belgium has been officially banned from coaching [...]

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More Irish, Please? Report Alleges Irish Government Is Not Doing Enough for Irish Speakers

by Charlie Jolly April 1, 2010 Languages

Is the Irish government doing enough for its Irish-speaking citizens? Not quite, according to a report just released by the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga Seán Ó Cuirreáin. The report shows  that complaints against government entities for violating the Official Languages Act by  providing inadequate Irish language services were up 15 percent in 2009. According [...]

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New Welsh Language Law Proposed

by Richard Brooks March 9, 2010 Politics

A new measure has been proposed in Wales to help encourage the use of the Welsh language there. According to the BBC, the new proposal, which was just published by the assembly government, has several key features. First, it would require some private sector companies to provide services in Welsh when requested by Welsh speakers. [...]

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Scots Gaelic Gets EU Recognition

by Richard Brooks October 9, 2009 Languages

Scots Gaelic has been approved for use in EU meetings in a new memorandum of understanding, according to the BBC. The move is an important step forward for Scots Gaelic,although it still does not have the status of an EU “official” language like English. In addition to being used in meetings, Gaelic speakers can now [...]

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