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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 [...]

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How Twitter is Changing French

by Alison Kroulek September 9, 2012 Languages
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We all know that technology is changing the English language, adding new words and bringing shorthand like LOL and WTF even into spoken conversations. However, English isn’t the only language that’s being affected by the rise of new forms of communication like Twitter and Facebook. If you’ve studied Spanish, French or a related language, you’ll [...]

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Do You Tweet With an Accent?

by Alison Kroulek April 7, 2012 Languages
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It’s amazing how much information can be conveyed in a mere 140 characters, even without your knowledge. For example, did you know that analyzing your tweets can show where you come from? In fact, in a study last year by Carnegie Mellon University, researchers found that they could narrow down almost any individual Twitter user’s location [...]

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Facebook Translates Comments

by Richard Kazandjian September 14, 2011 Machine Translation

Facebook already connects hundreds of millions of users around the globe, and the site itself has been translated into more than 70 different languages. Now, it looks like the popular website may take its efforts to break down language barriers between users to another level by offering automatic translations for comments. At the moment, the [...]

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Twitter: the New Haiku?‎

by Richard Kazandjian August 9, 2011 Languages

Twitter, the microblogging social network that limits users to “tweets” of 140 characters or less, is growing across the globe. However, communicating with the world in 140-character bursts has really taken off in Japan, especially after the earthquake and its accompanying tsunami earlier this year. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Twitter’s Japanese membership increased [...]

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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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