This blog post is part of our ‘Multicultural Holiday Traditions’ series. The first post of the series can be reviewed here and links to all the posts can be found at the bottom of this article. The following was submitted from iTi Marketing Manager,…
World Languages If you were to guess, how many languages would you estimate are in the world? 400? 1000? 5000?! There are about an estimated 7,000 languages in the world, with that number changing every year[2]! We are constantly learning about new languages, languages…
Want to learn Spanish, Mandarin or Arabic? Most of us know that learning an Earth language these days can only be a click or a download away. Between apps, websites, school programs, etc. there are numerous resources and ways to learn an Earth language.…
Did you know that roughly 40% of the world can only speak one language? While about the same amount of people speak two languages fluently, less than 1% speak more than 5 languages! Every language has its own history, its own personality, and has evolved greatly…
Do you ever wonder how to say common phrases such as “I love you” in other languages around the globe? Here’s the thing: There are many ways to express love besides those three English words. Sure, we could directly translate “I love you” into other languages…
PC Chris Chabot Growing up in Hawaii, a melting pot of very different cultures, we had some unique holiday traditions. Due to the plantation days when many workers were brought in internationally, everyone’s families and traditions became very mixed. Therefore, for New Years, we…
In the United States, July 4th is Independence Day but other countries around the world are equally festive in commemorating their respective Independence Days. Indeed, in a post-colonialist world, most states–from Latin America to the Middle East to East Asia–have some kind of annual…
At Interpreters and Translators, Inc. we love language, travel, and countries. One of our employees has several friends who have visited Vietnam and raved about that country. She couldn’t not resist doing some research of her own and considering booking her own trip to…