11 Random Facts about Brazil You Never Knew You Wanted to Know

It’s all go in Brazil! All eyes on the hosts of the 2014 World Cup. If you only think of rainforest and beaches when you think of Brazil, then think again! You may see Brazil as country covers by the rainforest and boarded by endless beach, but guess w…

Why did Disney Dub Frozen into Modern Standard Arabic?

If you are ever around children, chances are you have heard of the Disney musical Frozen. As the film has broken practically every record out there, it has been translated into a great deal of languages, including Arabic. However, Disney decided to dub…

Lessons from the World Cup – Coaching your way to success

It was all over the news, on the radio, on TV all day, finally…. the World Cup has started! Football is an excellent example demonstrating how culture impacts life and business. For instance, it shows how diversity is a value-add and what a foreigner can bring to another cultural environment.

Take Our World Cup Quiz and Win a Limited Edition Kwintessential Football

It’s nearly kick-off time! The World Cup 2014 starts on the 12th June 2014 with hosts Brazil taking on Croatia.

Family Launch Innnovative Translation Service for Multilingual Videos

A father and son team have joined forces to launch a service that makes it much easier to create multiple translations for videos and potentially films.

Are Crowdsourced Translations a Good Way to Increase Multilingual Internet Content?

By now, almost everyone is aware of the fact that machine translation does not always result in accurate translations. The free language-learning app Duolingo, however, can be used to construct translations based on crowd-sourcing, which, according to …

Top tips for managing language translations: Part 2

Anne Chevalier is a language translation specialist and a contributor to the Spicy Learning Blog, where instructional designers and product managers at Saffron Interactive share their invaluable expertise with the wider learning and development communi…

Top tips for managing language translations: Part 1

Anne Chevalier is a language translation specialist at Saffron Interactive, a London-based online and mobile learning provider. Here are her five top tips to help prevent your e-learning projects from getting lost in translation!As one of the most expe…

Google Translate takes automated language translation offline

Google’s offline languages update allows Android users to download automated language translation packs for 50 languages, including Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Just make sure your device has enough storage space for your expanded vocabulary…

Mobile language interpretation device helps paramedics save lives

The Grand Island Fire Department is the first in the State of Nebraska to invest in the Enabling Language Service Anywhere (ELSA) language translation tool.It’s a new language interpreting tool that could potentially save hundreds of lives. The d…