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…

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…

In addition to running several websites in foreign languages, North Korea also has a presence on Twitter and YouTube.As has been widely reported in the press, it would appear that the Korean Central News Agency has launched a website with articles in E…

Google Translate’s experiments with machine translation of poetry are yielding some intriguing results.In a post published last week on the Google Research blog, software engineer Dmitriy Genzel explains how Google is experimenting with poetry and st…

A European Union study suggests 50 ways to motivate language learners.Motivation is a key to successful language learning, and some would argue that it is the most important factor. As the US is faced with the challenge of boosting the nation’s …

A rich and informative guide to making hospitals accessible to all is available for download from The Joint Commission.The Joint Commission is a not-for-profit organization that accredits thousands of hospitals and health care organizations in the USA….

Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…

Last week, Google added automatic translation of Latin to its translation platform. What’s in it for them? It truly warms the heart to think that Latin students will now have equal access to machine translation along with their Spanish-studying coun…

A leading business educator and strategist argues that a true global business culture is unlikely to emerge from the global economy.Most people would agree that the past decades have brought about not only a great deal of economic globalization, but al…

Medical interpreting problems are often caused by bilinguals who are untrained in medical concepts and language interpreting.Indeed, it’s a point we have emphasized for years in this blog: being bilingual is not enough to be a successful medical …