The languages category features all of our blog posts relating to languages around the world. We post on topics and news about languages and people.
Why One Word Can Change Your Marketing Message
In global marketing, words are your currency. But what happens when one word has more than one meaning? That’s where polysemy comes in — and understanding it could be the difference between a powerful campaign and a confusing one.
Terminology is at the very core of translation: after all, as translators our job is to make something in one language understood in another! And contrary to popular belief (!) we are not walking multilingual dictionaries, which means we have to find, research, verify and choose right terms to use in our work on a daily basis.
Long gone are the days of huge tomes adorning the bookshelves – now we have the internet! However, it is one thing to pop a word into an AI tool and quite another to find your way to exactly the right way to translate that super-specific technical, medical or legal term you are unsure about.
A Welsh sign translation error was the ultimate faux pas for a council in Swansea. The translation was for a residential area prohibiting heavy vehicles.
Wise, Old Irish Sayings
We’ve compiled a list of popular old Irish sayings to help you learn more Irish.
The World’s Smallest Book On English – This should give you some good excuses to spice up your next conversation.
A Conlanger is a person who creates languages (Con-Language= constructed language)
Are you familiar with “Game of Thrones” and its languages Dothraki and Valyrian?
Learn to count in Russian. Basic everyday phrases for Russian beginners.
It is Papua New Guinea. It’s a country of only 462,840 square kilometers with a population of just over seven million. Despite its small size, it has an incredible linguistic diversity with 820 languages spoken.
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