Two major language services associations have agreed to join forces to provide more member services.The Association of Language Companies (ALC) and The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) have announced the beginning of a joint collaborat…

In the first of a series about fascinating websites for language lovers, we will take a look at the site WordnikBeyond ongoing talk of machine translation, we mustn’t forget that the Internet also boasts a fountain of fun sites for word lovers. …

Cross-cultural management is an endless topic, since every culture can be examined as it relates to any other culture. Have you ever thought about what type of managers Romanians make? I haven’t – or hadn’t – but the topic comes…

Almost 90% of companies outsource at least some of their language service work…and that’s not all…I always follow the excellent blog, Global Watchtower, published by language industry expert Common Sense Advisory. The global-oriented research com…

Total immersion in a foreign language can be a great way to learn, but it is not always a magical solution.You hear it all the time: “the only way to learn a foreign language is to go live in a foreign country.” As a long-time language tea…

I’ve never seen an art exhibit about translation, and I’ll probably never see one……but it’s certainly interesting to know that one is going to take place at one of the U.S.’s top museums. Indeed, an exhibit sponsored by the &l…

Research from the University of Chicago suggests that even in the 21st century, people with accents can be considered untrustworthy.A 2010 study carried out by University of Chicago researchers shows that a foreign accent tends to damage a speaker&rsqu…

Language translators have reaped great benefits from the Internet revolution.Some occupations lend themselves easily to working remotely, and language translation is one of them. Through the Internet, freelance translators can contract with language s…

Many languages have carried out, or attempted, spelling reforms, but enforcement can prove difficult.Although it hasn’t gotten a lot of English-speaking press, Spanish has undergone a spelling reform as of 2011. Created by the Real Academia Espa&…

If you want to get an exotic tattoo in a foreign tongue, you had best be sure of the translation.We all know tattoos are the rage in the USA, but were you aware that tattoo mistranslation is a recognized problem? Even the rich and the famous have been…