Language Translation – Internet encourages translation and multilinguism

There was a time when almost everything on the internet was in English. And that was a long time ago.In the early online years, some argued that the internet would increase, or even cement, the dominance of English as a lingua franca. Many of the worl…

Language Translation – Evaluation of language interpretation skills

In the final post of our three-part series on evaluating language skills, we’ll take a look at assessing language interpretation competence.In the US, one of the most recognized language skill evaluation tools is the ILR, or Interagency Language Roun…

Language Translation – Twitter and cross-cultural interaction

An award-winning author argues that Twitter facilitates cross-cultural communication more than other social networks.Everybody knows that the Internet has made cross-cultural communication easier. Social networking platforms have played a key role in a…