It may not be necessary for American presidents to speak a foreign language – but a surprising number of the early presidents did.An entertaining blog post from the Foreign Policy magazine website suggests that foreign language ability isn’t re…

Successful foreign language use requires not only knowledge, but communicative skills.I don’t know if it’s a European thing, but suddenly I’m hearing the term “soft skills” everywhere. According to Whatis.com, a specializ…

Our new website features communicative visuals and an easy-to-navigate structure. If you keep up any type of website, you know it is an ongoing task. Eventually, information accumulates, and you can find yourself managing a maze. That’s when yo…

Musicals are being produced in more countries than ever before. The question is: how can they translate?Historically, musical comedies have largely been an American and British tradition. In the past, musical comedy productions were relatively rare in …

You may have learned to answer this type of question in grade school, and at least some of what you think you know is likely wrong.Many countries have several official languages, and most of us know…well, most of us at least know that Canada is offic…

Here are a few of this year’s top April Fools’ hoaxes from the other side of the pond. With their significant time zone advance, European countries were pretty much finished with their April fooling around by the time US jokes were at pe…

The provider of online word reference products has opened a new Spanish siteThe popular online word reference tool Dictionary.com has set up a new Spanish channel. Designed especially for learners of the language, in the long-term it will also publish …

Helping with media coverage is all in a day’s work for baseball interpreters.English is a second language for a number of major league baseball players. So naturally, interpreters have come to play an important role in helping players with limited En…

However, according to a recent report, the indirect economic benefits of the language industry are not always measured.A major report commissioned by the European Union shows the size and growth of the language industry in Europe. And when I say major,…