Birdman, Or the Unexpected Virtue of Bilingualism
Writing a work in a non-native language is a daring task, perhaps even a bit pretentious. We all know about the limitations that this entails.
March 9, 2015
And the Happiest Language in the World Is…
According to the Pollyanna principle, formulated in the ‘70s by two social psychologists, people tend to use positive words more frequently than negative ones. Furthermore,
February 26, 2015
North Korea and Language
The Guardian recently published an interesting piece that to a certain degree removes the mantle of impermeability that covers North Korea. In other communist nations
February 17, 2015
The Advantages of Speaking Several Langauges
During our modern times, almost all professionals are encouraged (or required) to master more than one language fluently. In primary and secondary school as well
February 2, 2015
And the 2014 Spanish Word of the Year Is… “selfi”!
For the second year straight, the Fundación del Español Urgente (“Foundation of Urgent Spanish” – Fundéu BBVA) chose its Word of the Year, which, as indicated
January 26, 2015
The Peculiar New Words Added by Oxford Dictionaries
The editors at OxfordDictionaries.com don’t want to get left behind with all the advances in the English language and so they decided to add a
December 19, 2014
Translating Microbes: the Future of Automatic Translation?
In the sci-fi series Farscape, beings from different planets could communicate amongst one another by consuming “translating microbes” which allowed them to understand other languages.
December 12, 2014
Translating into Moldovan or Romanian?
Romanian is an Indo-European language that belongs to the eastern group of the Romance languages, being the least-known of the Latin languages, coming in at
December 1, 2014
What’s the Equivalent of John Doe or Juan Pérez in Other Countries?
In the Spanish-speaking world they’re known as Juan Pérez, “fulano de tal,” N.N., among other things. The truth is that, despite being among the most
November 21, 2014
10 Key Points to Learn a New Language
Without naming names, how many people do we know that “started a language”? For those who succumbed and gave up halfway through, The Guardian’s website
November 14, 2014
The Changing Fame of Colors
While it’s widely known that different languages divide the chromatic spectrum in different ways and that colors evoke different ideas for different cultures, I’d like
November 7, 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
