TranslationFor today’s funny video I thought I’d share a clip from an older British comedy program called, “Mind Your Language” Enjoy!

TranslationBy Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine, Washington Congressman Mark Sanford has returned to frontline politics after ensuring “hiking the Appalachian Trail” became a euphemism for infidelity. What other scandals have enriched the lexicon? 1. “Hiking the Appalachian Trail” When South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford disappeared for six days in 2009, his aides told reporters he…

TranslationBy Daniel Miller, LATimes Trekkies looking to translate the famous Klingon battle cry Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam! — or any other phrase from the fictional alien race’s language — will soon have a new tool at their disposal. Starting on Tuesday, Bing, Microsoft Corp.’s Internet search engine, will include Klingon in its web-based translation service. The move is…

TranslationIt’s Friday again, so here for your entertainment is another Funny Video Friday submission!

TranslationWhen Lexicographers study the origin of words, they look for the earliest recorded usage, which tends to fall to literature.  Therefore, it is no great surprise that one of America’s greatest modern authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald could have been responsible for inventing one or two words that are still used today. But he didn’t invent…

TranslationAckuna, the free crowdsource translation platform designed for app developers now offers professional quality translations.   Ackuna, the free open-source translation platform designed specifically for app developers who want to make their applications multi-lingual, now offers a professional translation option for more accurate results and a faster delivery. New Jersey-based tech startup Ackuna, http://www.ackuna.com, has…

Translation“Ye old mother, hand I this black worm”. It’s a sentence that might startle your work colleagues, but if someone from 15,000 years ago was around the chances are they would understand you. The sentence is made from some of the 23 words researchers believe have remained unchanged through the millennia and are part of…

TranslationIt is based on Dante’s Inferno, and the linguists who translated Dan Brown’s new blockbuster novel from English into other languages lived in distinctly underworld conditions, it has emerged. By Nick Squires, Rome For two months, 11 translators of different nationalities were tucked away in an underground “bunker” near Milan where they worked under the…

TranslationWelcome to our third installment of Funny Video Friday (who would have thought it would have lasted this long?) Today we have a pretty funny commercial for Berlitz language courses. As always, don’t forget to check out our previous videos.  

TranslationGuest post. My name is Kandace. I’m from Orlando, Florida and I am new to freelance writing. I have an article I think you might be interested in. The article highlights some of the most marveled inventions from the last 500 years. Inventions help make our lives easier. Over the course of history, thousand of…