Richard Brooks, Author at K International

Published On - February 2, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Chinese

Chinese Takes Over in American Schools

American school systems, often strapped for cash and forced to divert resources toward preparing kids for standardized achievement tests, have been slowly decreasing their foreign-language offerings....

Published On - February 1, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Learning Languages

CIA Increases Language Requirements for Top Staff

The Central Intelligence Service (CIA) announced on Friday that it is increasing its language requirements for employees looking to be promoted to the top ranks of the agency, the Senior Intelligence Service (SIS)....

Published On - January 25, 2010

Richard Brooks Language Blog

One Step Closer To Native Web Addresses

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, aka ICANN, is one step closer to allowing the first Internet addresses written completely in non-Latin characters. ...

Published On - January 25, 2010

Richard Brooks Language Blog

Do Prairie Dogs Talk?

Prairie dogs are small, burrowing rodents native to the United States, where they are often treated as vermin by farmers and ranchers. However, scientists are now discovering that these ground squirrels may have some of the most sophisticated linguistic abilities in the animal kingdom....

Published On - January 19, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Language, Translation

Mel Gibson’s Next Movie to Be Shot In Old Norse

Mel Gibson is making a Viking movie. The movie doesn't have a title yet, but William Monahan is writing the script, and it will star Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh, and the movie will be shot entirely in period languages....

Published On - January 18, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Language

Day Care Aims to Teach Cornish to Toddlers

Cornish toddlers can now learn the Cornish language through a Saturday day care program at Cornwall College in Camborne. The program teaches the tots language through play while their parents take an adult Cornish language class....

Published On - January 11, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Translation

Tensions Rise in Malaysia over the Translation of “God”

People tend to perceive debates over translation as dry, scholarly affairs, but sometimes, disagreements about how to translate a word can aggravate existing tensions between groups, even escalating violence. ...

Published On - January 11, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Google

Google and IBM Tackle Ambitious Translation Projects

You may not realise it, but the internet sites you see when you surf the web are limited by the language you are surfing in. So, there's always a part of the internet that you are shut out of....

Published On - January 7, 2010

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Dictionary, English, Language, Social media

The English Language Goes Social

2009 was the year the English language officially went social, according to the Oxford English Dictionary....

Published On - December 30, 2009

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Interpreting, Spanish

Translator Helps Deliver Baby

In Tucson, Arizona, a Language Line translator helped deliver a baby over the phone last weekend. The baby's family all spoke Spanish, so when the father-to-be called 911 to report that his wife was about to give birth, the language barrier made an already nerve-wracking situation even more complica...