Language Shapes How People Behave and Think
Linguists and scientists have conducted many studies showing how language shapes how people both behave and think. Language is a part of a culture and so it has an important effect on how a person thinks, which affects how they behave. The way speakers provide an interpretation of the everyday things that they feel, see […]
What is Book Meta Data Translation?
Every author wants a book to find its way to an international audience. The use of metadata is becoming increasingly important as a method of getting discovered by a larger audience. If you have written a book which has a single niche say for example a sci fi novel about a colony in outer space […]
What’s New in Facial Recognition Technology?
Not that long ago a team of behavioural scientists and linguists were helicoptered in to a remote valley in Irian Jaya, the Indonesian half of the huge island of New Guinea. They had heard that there were people living in the valley that had never before been encountered. No-one knew what language they spoke so […]
Planning a Trip to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia?
Its four years since the last exciting Soccer FIFA World Cup that was held in the soccer-mad country of Brazil. This time it is in the almost equally soccer mad country of Russia. If you are thinking of attending any of the matches or all of them then there may be many things to think […]
Lost in Translation: Kids as Translators Have So Much to Lose
If you aren’t fluent in a language, relying on your kids’ English speaking interpreters too much puts far too much responsibility and weight on them. If you happen to visit a clinic, a bank, or a grocery store in California, it’s quite common to see kids translate for their parents who don’t speak English. Even […]
The 3 Official Languages of the 2018 Olympics Games
The 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea are just over, after having taken place in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. The 2018 Winter Olympics were officially referred to as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and came to be known as Pyeongchang 2018. It was an important multi-sports event held from 9th to 25th February 2018 in […]
5 Arabic Poets You Should Recognise For International Women’s Day
English Translation There is no better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than appraise the work and lives of poets who don’t write in English but have had their poems translated into English. This article is about 5 female poets who write in Arabic but their short poems have appeared in Banipal and Words Without […]
10 Commonly Used Aussie Slang Words and Expressions
Every language has its slang and the English used by Australians is no exception. Because of a number of Australian soap operas, short films and actors, Aussie slang has reached the ears of the world. Yet the words and expressions that Australians use today is not the same as it was a hundred or even […]
What Languages Are Spoken In Australia?
The Australian national language is English and it is this language that is spoken freely as a first language by the majority of the country’s inhabitants and is the official language of government and education. There is no need to translate English to Australian as there is no significant difference between the English of Australia […]
Translating In the Field Of Sport
The translation of documents has increased in leaps and bounds over the decades so that means there are more and more openings for good translators. Translation plays a key role in sport because sports players and athletes follow the sports events around the world. There is always a need for communication and sport is no […]
