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…

TranslationI thought I would introduce a new tradition to this site called Funny Video Friday, which showcases a funny clip from a movie, tv show, commercial, etc. featuring language. To start this off, I’m including a clip from the classic British television show, Fawlty Towers. If you have suggestions for future videos, please feel free…

TranslationWhen movies get released in other countries, oftentimes the titles get translated into something completely different from their original name. I did a post awhile ago regarding some humorous translation examples.  You can read that post here. Today I’d like to play a game…           Instead of giving you the name…

TranslationThe use of French in workplaces in Quebec is steadily declining and needs to be addressed immediately, according to the province’s language advisory body. The Conseil supérieur de la langue française (CSLF), which oversees the application of the French Language Charter, is recommending that small businesses be required to enforce the use of French in…

Translation By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Studies show that girls tend to speak earlier and use more complex language than boys do. The discrepancy may arise from different levels of a protein in the brain, a new study in rats suggests. Scientists have long debated the extent and origin of gender differences in language. A protein called…

Translation The parents of a hearing-disabled boy received a heartwarming holiday gift from a mall Santa Claus who unexpectedly managed to communicate with their son. Cameron Sylvester, 3, requires two hearing aids due to auditory neuropathy, his father told WCVB. The family recently went to a mall southwest of Boston so he and his sister,…

TranslationBy Rebecca Ray, Published December 12, 2012 Is translation of your website optional? Unless every single one of your customers and prospects understands your language fluently and uses the same currency, the answer is probably “no.” Translation is mission-critical for many firms that do business across borders or target customers within their own domestic multicultural…

TranslationA colleague of mine recently came across this article on A List Apart that talks about website translation and user experience.  I found it very interesting and informative, and I thought I would share it with you in its entirety. Translation is UX by Antoine Lefeuvre There is a world where Harry Potter’s arch enemy is…

TranslationBy Mike Youds, Daily News Staff Reporter iPad application also on its way to support learning With as few as 150 fluent Secwepemctsin speakers remaining, most of them over age 65, the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society has come up with software for preserving the language. Nintendo DSi software that teaches Secwepemctsin to young children is…

Translation Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early and offer promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but many…