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Bad grammar seems to be increasingly all around us - from office emails to the slogans of multinational companies.

Google is currently working on ways to refine how computers read language.

No inquest has returned a verdict of death by bad translation - but poor translations in healthcare and law could seriously damage your health.

eBay is trialling a default program on its Russian site in a bid to target additional customers.

Garcia Marquez died earlier this month (April 17), aged 87, having seen his books translated into 21 languages.

Ey-oop, lad! Yorkshire Tour de France volunteers have ridden into a language row with race organisers.

Children as young as two years old have been found to be uncannily adept at “translating” accents they have never previously heard.

No other continent is as proud, passionate and diverse as Africa. But The Dark Continent also brings distinctive challenges too.

The aim of translation is usually to communicate, clarify and illuminate. However, the complex and nuanced nature of language means just the opposite can sometimes occur.

Things are starting to look up for small and medium-sized firms across Europe. With improving sentiment comes the prospect of economic growth.

The rich tapestry of approximately 500 languages spoken in Britain includes two intriguing tongues originating from East Africa – Kiswahili and Kikuyu.

The cost of foreign language translators in UK courts almost doubled in a year, according to the country’s government.

New study shows that people are born with a fundamental knowledge of language and an in-bred biological instinct of sound patterns.

Extracts from a hilarious brochure for a Beijing hotel that was translated from Mandarin to English using machine translation tools.

A simple, low-cost platform that reaches more than 128 million global shoppers 24/7 translates into a “must-use” marketplace in anybody's language.

What is believed to be possibly the world's first weather report has been translated from an ancient Egyptian slab.

Juggernaut is from an ancient Indian language of Sanskrit. The original word Jagannath meaning ‘world-lord’ was one of the names given to the god Krishna.

Doctors and nurses in the UK who cannot communicate clearly in English face being struck off under new regulations.

The wait is finally over – Android users can now get their hands on visual language translation app Waygo.

Indigenous languages are facing up to the very real prospect of extinction as the influence of English continues to spread worldwide.