Language means so much more than communication between people – it represents culture, history, tradition, and identity. According to UNESCO, there are more than 8300* languages in the world today. A startling fact is that about 97% of the world speaks just 4% of…
It’s common knowledge that creating and maintaining an online presence is an absolute necessity for all businesses and organizations. Online presence is a broad term and includes a website, a blog, social media channels, participation in forums, etc. Print advertisement and other traditional marketing…
The author of this blog post freely admits to a lack of objectivity: I’m completely hooked on Wordle. I play it daily and always post my results on social media. I play so consistently that, when I recently skipped a day during an especially…
Could a language spoken 10,000 years ago be understood today? Apparently, the answer is “yes.” A May 2013 article in the United Kingdom’s Mailonline.com says that researchers have uncovered a language people living in Europe spoke during the Ice Age. Twenty-three of the words…
“What is he saying?” I asked my bilingual friend while studying Spanish in Chile. He paused, thought about the joke we had both just heard, and then said, “It’s hard to explain.” I was just learning Spanish but he could speak both English and…
Movies and translation have a dubious history. But we should not judge Hollywood too harshly. It’s tough to strike the right tone when marketing to an international audience! A title needs to communicate the plot authentically. That means it needs to be localized by…
Hey! You! Have you been working from home more than usual? How long have you been staring at this screen? Even better, how much of today have you spent sitting? Stand up and shake it off! Working from home can be a dream…
April Fools!!!! Sorry we fooled you! Don’t be as blue as the characters in the box office record-breaking movie Avatar (they are the only ones fluent in Na’vi!). But since we are on the subject, check out our blog on fictional languages and learn…