A discussion about the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI while fixing dinner at home serves as a backdrop for this humorous little story about the Spanish language translation of the word potato“No hay papa,” which translated from Spanish in…
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that electronic applications for unemployment insurance benefits are now available in Spanish and Polish.Department of Employment Security officials say online applications are prefera…
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Nataly Kelly interviews Sergio Moreno-Denton, Hallmark’s Editorial Director for Spanish-language greeting cards.In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it may interest you to know that in many parts of Latin America, the holiday is not only for lovers. The…
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The names of the 27 winners of the European Commission’s annual EU Young Translators (Juvenes Translatores) contest for secondary school pupils were published on January 28.Last year in March we first reported on the winners of the European Union&rsq…
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Using portable language translation machines, police in Jackson, Mississippi have taken steps to improve communications and public relations with non-English-speaking city residents.At the end of June the Jackson Police Department (JPD) announced it wo…
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According to a language professor based in Seoul, the country has not yet professionalized its language service industry.Korea has an up-and-coming economy, as well as a large body of students studying English and other foreign languages. So why is th…
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The need for language interpreters has become a popular local news story – and for good reason.American community “A” in state “B” needs more interpreters in the languages “C, D, E, F,G,H” — and maybe “I, J,…
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Any type of automatic translation gives iffy results, but voice to text has an especially long way to go. In my language teaching career, I have been confronted with software that is supposed to measure the correction of students’ accents and int…
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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…
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We often focus on the world’s most widely used languages. But which ones are losing the race against time?Many people wonder which language is spoken by the most people, but which one has the fewest speakers? As has been widely reported in the mains…
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