Language means so much more than communication between people – it represents culture, history, tradition, and identity. According to UNESCO, there are more than 6000 languages in the world today. A startling fact is that about 97% of the world speaks just 4% of…
“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 here, and…
The Beatles once famously sang “All you need is love.” That timeless refrain is one we can all relate to, now more than ever. And it is important to remember there are many different ways to express love, even if you cannot physically be…
Dinero, diñeiro, dinheiro, denar. Money. However you say it, we all are conscious of it. That being said, we’ve devised this guide to help you find the perfect gift for the language lover in your life, regardless of the size of your budget. We…
The response to our blog “Which language is Richest in Words” was so enthusiastic and polarizing that we decided to write a follow-up. It would be foolish to focus on any language other than Arabic, which generated by far the most feedback. Arabic is…