The Language of Love...
Valentine’s Day is approaching fast, a time when we express our love with cards and presents. Love is honoured on this day throughout the world. Valentine’s Day is shrouded with myths of sacred marriage, fertility and romance. The true St. Valentine was a Christian saint but very little...
Mel Gibson’s Next Movie to Be Shot...
Mel Gibson is making a Viking movie. The movie doesn’t have a title yet, but William Monahan is writing the script, and it will star Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh, and the movie will be shot entirely in period languages. That means Leonardo DiCaprio will most likely deliver his lines in Old Norse or perhaps...
Tensions Rise in Malaysia over How to Tr...
People tend to perceive debates over translation as dry, scholarly affairs, but sometimes, disagreements about how to translate a word can aggravate existing tensions between groups, even escalating violence. This was especially evident in the country of Malaysia last week, where a dispute about how...
Google and IBM Tackle Ambitious Translat...
You may not realise it, but the internet sites you see when you surf the web are limited by the language you are surfing in. So, there’s always a part of the internet that you are shut out of. Possibly, according to this article on CNN.com, not for long, both IBM and Google are currently working...
The Spanish-Language Rule Book Gets a Mu...
Spanish is spoken all over the world. It is the official national language in 21 countries, but in each of those countries, it sounds just a little bit different. For example, according to Wikipedia, in Spain, butter is called mantequilla. In Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, it is called manteca....
Slades Seasonal Chart Topper Gets Transl...
The BBC has reported that Slades Christmas hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ has been translated into Welsh. Nevarro, from Cardiff and Llanelli got permission to translate and perform the some from original 70’s rocker Noddy Holder. The cover of the 1973 number one will be played on music strand...
Microblogging Service Plurk Attracts Asi...
When it comes to microblogging, Twitter is king. However, according to this article on PC World, its sovereignty is being threatened in several Asian countries by upstart microblogging service Plurk, which offers the support for local languages and alphabets that Twitter largely lacks. Right now, Plurk...
Microsoft to Translate Windows 7 into 10...
Microsoft has joined the cause of linguistic diversity. The software giant just announced that it will be releasing its new product, Windows 7, in 10 different African languages by 2011. The software will be available in languages including Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Afrikaans, Hausa,...
Hit West End Show Pioneers Translation D...
The hit West End show Hairspray, currently showing at the Shaftesbury Theatre has introduced a pioneering system which translates the show into 8 languages according to the BBC. With one third of theatre audiences in London being tourists AirScript developers, Cambridge Consultants, hope the handsets...Stories about languages, research, translation, countries, linguistics and occasionally K International.
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