How Languages Shape Our Vision of the World
In my last post, “Are We Just a Product of the Languages We Speak?,” I wrote about how the linguistic structure of a language can
November 19, 2014
The New Languages of the 21st Century
Can you imagine having a conversation in Elvish with the supermarket cashier in the not-so-distant future? Or going to buy cigarettes from the convenience store
October 25, 2014
What Are the World’s Sexiest Accents?
A few weeks ago, CNN reported the results of an interesting survey carried out through Facebook in which users voted for what was, in their
October 16, 2014
Translations and DTP from Right to Left
We have to pay special attention when translating languages that are written from right to left, as what is a “no-brainer” for native speakers may
June 18, 2014
Ways to Learn a New Language and To Do It Quick
If you live or visit Miami, you will soon learn that knowing how to speak Spanish is a must in this city. There are instances
June 10, 2014
Google Play Still Doesn’t Offer Paid Apps in China
The emerging apps market both for Android as well as iOS continues to grow and it’s difficult to know when it’ll reach its ceiling, or
June 6, 2014
Do You Want to Learn Spanish?
Spanish is the second-most spoken language in the world based on its number of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese. It can therefore be very useful
April 16, 2014
Can We Learn through Subtitles?
As more and more options are provided to us in our attempts to learn languages, it seems that with each option new obstacles arise; thus
March 31, 2014
Do You Tweet? We Localize It.
Do You Tweet? We Localize It. Social Media has not only changed the way we behave and interact, but it has created its own terminology
February 25, 2014
How to Speak/Write English the Canadian Way
Canada is the second largest country in the world. So depending on which part of Canada you’re visiting, you may encounter different accents, slang, and
February 1, 2014
What is Pig Latin?
I remember as a kid, growing up in the U.S., always trying to communicate with my friends in secret. One method we used was writing
November 18, 2013
What Happened to the Letter Q in Turkish?
When Turkey first became a democratically recognized sovereign country in the 1920s, it made some major changes that greatly affected the life and the
November 4, 2013
