Although English is still the dominant language throughout the United States as a whole, ask someone living in Miami or Southern California and you will surely hear that English is the minority with Spanish being the majority. Whether you live in a diverse area…
It should be no surprise that many languages besides English are spoken throughout the United States. In certain areas, English seems to be the foreign language! The US has always been a melting pot of different languages and cultures. If you consider the US before…
Welcome to the conclusion of our “Emoji Revolution” blog series! We hope you found the information in the first two installments interesting and valuable. As we researched the topic and saw headlines, tweets, and emails galore featuring the beloved emoji, we couldn’t help but…
Happy Singles Day! How will you be celebrating this year? Origins of Singles Day There are many different versions of how Singles Day (光棍节 Guānggùn Jié) in China came to be. Like many pop-culture “holidays”, no one exactly knows when it was established. There…
In Part 1 of this three-part series, we broke down the origins of both the emoticon and the emoji. If you missed the first post, be sure to catch up. It’s clear that emoji have taken the Western world by storm. A couple facts to demonstrate their immense…
While emoji is a much more frequently used term these days, let’s not forget about where it all began with the original emoticon. 🙂 We are excited to bring you a three-part series on the evolution from emoticon to emoji and beyond! In Part…
As a translation services provider who connects businesses with other cultures, we like to take time to showcase different traditions around the world on our blog. Understanding other cultures or working with a company that understands those cultures is key to both marketing effectively…
Biblical Origins: The Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators (FIT) established this celebration in ad hoc fashion, originally as St. Jerome’s Day. This day originated as a tribute to Saint Jerome, the patron saint of translators and interpreters, born on September 30. In…