Fully automated and simultaneous language translation is within 5 years of being perfected according to a recent article in The Economist.If you follow this blog, you may know that on occasion we’ve made reference to Star Trek and the ‘univ…
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…or the one where I create a plan to catch up with some of the interesting language-related stories that I wasn’t able to get to over the past month.I’ve been blogging for nearly 7 years now, and I would say that actually writing a blog post …
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For Americans, it’s quite convenient to have English as the world’s global trade language. But is it really fair?All over the world, people study English for many reasons: business, academics, and travel, to name a few. English-speakers, of course…
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The simplest form of communication when travelling in foreign countries may be a picture book.Summer is travel time, and trips to far-away locales are increasingly frequent. For many Americans, “going abroad” used to mean a trip to Mexico o…
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The simplest form of communication when travelling in foreign countries may be a picture book.Summer is travel time, and trips to far-away locales are increasingly frequent. For many Americans, “going abroad” used to mean a trip to Mexico o…
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