TranslationHappy Friday! For today’s submission, I’m bringing you a French language program commercial. As always, don’t forget to check out our previous Funny Video Friday submissions. Thanks, and keep sending in your tips!

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TranslationSony Corp.’s Japanese shares were already primed to jump Wednesday morning ahead of the Tokyo market open.  Part of the late U.S. rally for Sony may have been connected to investors’ confidence that the firm’s PlayStation 4 would be able to compete with Microsoft Corp.’s latest iteration of the Xbox gaming console, which the latter…

TranslationDo you enjoy reading our blog?  Do you sit by your computer, refreshing your browser, anxiously awaiting our next post? Then show your support by voting for us in the Top 100 Language Lovers competition, presented by Lexiophiles and Bab.la! Lackuna has been nominated for inclusion in the Professional Language Blog category.  We have included…

Translationby Barry Schwartz Google has quietly dropped the “Translated Foreign Pages” search filter from the Google search options menu. Google tells us the option was removed due to lack of use, but they say they are still committed to making the Web available to as many people, in as many languages, as possible. The translated…

Translation is a novel about the sole surviving speaker of an ancient Siberian language who is discovered by a Russian expert on Samoyedic dialects who makes the fatal mistake of telling a Helsinki-based professor of Finno-Ugric languages about it. by Matthew Clayfield , The Australian To complicate linguistic matters further, The…

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!