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A survey of 621 IT professionals found that nearly half the organisations thought popular cloud-sharing services such as DropBox and Google Docs are not suitable for business use.

Israeli news source Haaretz notes that although there is significant demand for translation services in the country, a skills gap exists.

Translators have deciphered a mysterious Viking code written in enigmatic runes that date back to the medieval period.

Wearable technologies might still be in their relative infancy, but devices like Google Glass are set to propel the technology into the mainstream.

As translation errors go, a mistake recently pointed out to the Sri Lankan government by the country’s angered Tamil community is a humdinger.

New research shows ‘child-directed’ speech sharpens infants' language processing skills and gives them a head-start.

Gamification could become more popular in the future to engage students in the process of learning languages.

A new app that allows men to translate what is being said by women into plain English.

Mahatma Gandhi, the father of India, is to grow in popularity in China thanks to a new Mandarin translation of his autobiography.

Try banishing the apostrophe and you risk facing a legion of angry grammarians intent of preserving the humble punctuation mark.

According to scientists, the brain has a systematic organization for basic sound feature units, kind of like elements in the periodic table.

Research by Royal Mail shows that 68% of UK retailers will target new international markets in 2014.

Figures show that 72% of lawyers in independent law companies say they are more likely to use cloud computing for their day today professional work than they were a year ago.

Two-thirds of US marketing professionals said they want to increase their spending on content curation in 2014.

This article takes a quick look at some of the best practice steps for localizing an international web presence.

Google Translate makes it easier for companies to offer translated content to customers – but many companies, organizations get it wrong.

Chinese firms expanding overseas need to ensure they have fully developed content strategies in place

Research shows that patients with no or limited English are at greater risk of medical error or misdiagnosis if they are not provided with an interpreter.

Scientists are mapping the brain in order to pinpoint areas crucial to language comprehension.

Speaking more than one language is not only a skill to be envied in business but could also carry mental health benefits.