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How Do You Say It Best for Spanish Speakers?
September 21, 2018
With over 400 million native speakers, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world. Although naming a language after the country where it was first spoken never guarantees there... Read More
Transcreation versus Translation for Online Content
September 19, 2018
Are you trying to reach other language speakers with your website or online content? If so, it is important to understand the strict translation of your digital message may produce varying results... Read More
Is English Still the Language of the World Wide Web?
August 16, 2018
The fact that millions of internet users around the globe are communicating in more than a dozen languages makes it difficult to determine how many translations of your digital media are needed to... Read More
What Readability Algorithm Scores Can Tell You
August 15, 2018
The origin of "readability tests" can be traced to America's earliest graded school systems. Rather than teaching young students in the full-blown vocabulary of a particular field of study,... Read More
Belgium: Opposing Sides of a Story Told in Different Languages
July 31, 2018
Belgium's history of linguistic division is as old as the country itself. Traditionally, the northern half of the Kingdom of Belgium is Dutch or Flemish speaking, while the southern half of... Read More
How Far Back Could You Understand English?
July 31, 2018
Let's face it, nothing ever stays the same. What you read or hear in the current year does not resemble the English language as spoken or written by Shakespeare or Chaucer. In fact, most ancient... Read More
Modern Linguists Classify Korean as a Language Isolate
June 15, 2018
Korean is the official language of North and South Korea as well as one of two official languages of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. Since there is no obvious genealogical... Read More
What Causes Foreign Accent Syndrome?
June 12, 2018
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a language disorder where a native speaker suddenly sounds like they are speaking with a foreign accent. This rare speech condition was initially identified over a... Read More
How Sanskrit Became the Controversial Language of India
May 22, 2018
It would be hard to argue that Sanskrit and Indian culture are not intertwined; but it is precisely this relationship that has aroused public opinion in a nation where language politics has a... Read More
South Asian-American Students Dominate the Scripps Spelling Bee
May 21, 2018
Think you are ready to compete with some grammar school students on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Well, here are a few words to warm up. How do you spell "cheiropompholyx"? I feel... Read More
