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Published On - January 24, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Hebrew, movies

Movie Title Translations, Israeli Edition

Need something fun to kick off your weekend? Here’s a list of Israeli translations of American movie titles. Can you guess what the original movies were? Scroll down below the fold for the answers! “The Date That Screwed Me” “The Gun Died Laughing” “Crazy About th...

Published On - July 25, 2012

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Hebrew

Learning Hebrew from Graffiti

Just as there is more than one way to skin a cat, there is also more than one way to learn a language. In Israel, a man named Guy Sharett has stumbled upon a particularly creative method: translating the street art and graffiti that adorns his Tel Aviv neighborhood. Why graffiti? In an article in [&...

Published On - September 11, 2009

K International Language BlogTags: Hebrew, Language, Politics

Israel to Remove Languages Other Than Hebrew From Road Signs

In a move that may cause confusion among travellers and will surely cause discomfort among some of its Arab citizens, Israel’s minister of transport, Yisrael Katz, has declared that the country will get new road signs-in Hebrew only. Right now, road signs are trilingual, with the names of citi...

Published On - March 12, 2009

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Arabic, Facebook, Hebrew

Facebook introduces two new languages

The internet giant Facebook has dramatically increased its target market by introducing Arabic and Hebrew. Many people will now find this social networking website much easier to use. They conquered many problems during the production of the site into these languages including changing the sites lay...

Published On - December 19, 2008

Alicja Brady Language Blog, Machine TranslationTags: Arabic, Hebrew

Online Social Site Offers Machine Translation

One of the earliest Utopian promises of the Internet was that it would connect the world and give different cultures a greater understanding of each other. Imagine if you could sit at a coffee shop and talk to people from across the world, and hear what they have to say. In theory, at least, everyon...