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Grammatical Genders in Different Languages

Grammatical Genders in Different Languages

When speaking of grammatical genders, one might wonder what grammar has to do with sex. Not much, to be honest. The original meaning of ‘gender’ was ‘race’, ‘type’ or ‘kind’

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The Notorious Oxford Comma

The Notorious Oxford Comma

The Oxford comma is an optional comma that clarifies the meaning of a sentence, and is also known as the serial or Harvard comma.

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Punctuation in Different Languages

Punctuation in Different Languages

The rules of punctuation vary greatly between languages.

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Loan Words in the English Language

Loan Words in the English Language

Have you ever wondered why there are three different concepts for one word in the English language, for instance weird, odd and strange? This is because native and foreign terms co-exist in English: weird derives from Old English, odd from Old Norse and strange from Old French.

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How Big Is Your Vocabulary?

How Big Is Your Vocabulary?

It is impossible to provide an accurate word count for the English language. However, it is safe to say that The Oxford English Dictionary contains over 300,000 entries. According to a recently conducted study by The Economist...

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6 Tips For Global eCommerce Success

6 Tips For Global eCommerce Success

6 Tips For Global eCommerce Success. Many UK online businesses are becoming increasing reliant on global demand to increase profitability.

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German Language Loses Longest Word

German Language Loses Longest Word

The German language, well known for its long words, has decided that it will no longer include its longest word in its lexicon.

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Does Language Affect Our World View?

Does Language Affect Our World View?

The question of where language comes from has been an interesting, yet controversial issue for many centuries. There are two dominant theories on how different languages lead their speakers to contrasting thoughts and perceptions:

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Localisation Increases Conversion by an Average of 70%

Localisation Increases Conversion by an Average of 70%

Clients witnessed a 20% increase in conversion when landing pages and ads were translated into the local language and a staggering 70% when their client’s websites were fully localised.

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Microsoft Adds Klingon to Bing Translator

Microsoft Adds Klingon to Bing Translator

Microsoft Adds Klingon to Bing Translator. Microsoft has added the fictional language of Klingon to their Bing Translator machine translation tool.

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The Top 5 Constructed Languages in Films and TV Shows

The Top 5 Constructed Languages in Films and TV Shows

The Festival De Cannes will start in less than two weeks and we thought it would be interesting to conduct some research into the best constructed languages in films and TV.

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Google Translate Adds Five New Languages

Google Translate Adds Five New Languages

Google Translate has announced that it has added five new to its translation tool, taking the total up to 70 languages.

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Polish Restaurant Offers Cervical Cancer on Menu Due to Translation Error

Polish Restaurant Offers Cervical Cancer on Menu Due to Translation Error

A British holiday-maker on a trip to Poland was horrified to find that one of the dishes on his menu was rather unappetising.

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How Technology Can Help Children Learn Different Languages

How Technology Can Help Children Learn Different Languages

It is no exaggeration to say that knowing a second language, a foreign language, is more significant and perhaps more useful that it has even been in the history of humankind.

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IKEA Lost in Translation

IKEA Lost in Translation

The world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA caused controversy this week: the pillow case Gosa Raps translates into English ‘cuddle rape’ when using Google Translate.

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Search Engines, Browsers and Social Networks of the Top 10 European Internet Markets

Search Engines, Browsers and Social Networks of the Top 10 European Internet Markets

Your international marketing campaign begins with laying your sites on new target markets for your product.

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Secure Translation Tools are a Must for Confidential Documents

Secure Translation Tools are a Must for Confidential Documents

At TOPPAN Digital Language, the confidentiality of your documents is top priority. Our Secure Translation Tool houses sensitive documents in a highly secure online translation environment and eliminates downloads.

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Transcreation: Jamaican London Slang vs. Standard English

Transcreation: Jamaican London Slang vs. Standard English

This articles explains the concept of transcreation, using an example video of the comedian Doc Brown.

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‘Doctor Who’ Translated and Dubbed into various Languages

‘Doctor Who’ Translated and Dubbed into various Languages

The famous British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has been dubbed into many languages, for example German, French, Italian and Portuguese.

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Why We Should Care About Dying Languages

Why We Should Care About Dying Languages

Imagine being the last person of your people to speak your language… With no possibility to pass on the wisdom of your ancestors, the cultural heritage, your way of expressing your love, your humour, your life.

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