Languages
Interpreters needed for “Glaswegian”
An unbelievable story doing the rounds today is the one about the newspaper advert from an English translation company who want to hire, wait for it… “interpreters for Glaswegian“.
In what must be the cultural faux pas of the year, the position will cater for (presumably) foreign “visitors whose business English isn’t up to managing the [...]
The Languages of the Former Yugoslavia
By Lauren Nemec
With a collective population of over 23 million (greater than that of Australia), the countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are becoming very attractive to exporters and investors, as they advance toward full EU membership and enjoy increasing stability and prosperity.
Though the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has ceased to [...]
Free Pocket French Phrasebook
If you’re planning a vacation or business trip to France any time soon, you might want to brush up on the French language.
We’ve put together a plethora of French phrases and words which you’ll find. We’ve also created a handy PDF version of the most important phrases, which you can print out and keep in [...]
For the grade A, B, C or D, answer A, B, C or D…
Interesting story in The Telegraph about a school not too far away from Applied Language Solutions Head Office (no connection!), that has suspended five teachers for helping pupils to pass language examinations.
The language specialist high-school in Little Lever, near Bolton, will also withhold results for papers submitted for French, German and Spanish examinations.
James Stangroom, Applied [...]
Gaelic translation for Scottish Parliament, via India
Just seen a report that Scottish Parly chiefs have gone and outsourced a Gaelic Translation project to a company based in India – via a UK based company (!) – only to use locally sourced linguists (local to Scotland) for the job. This is despite Holyrood employing two in-house Gaelic speakers, of course, prompting the [...]
A sad day indeed as spammers go multilingual…
Diluted viagra?! Spammers have been using machine translation to convert their campaigns into major Eurpoean languages – to presumably little effect and great annoyance to their new found customers (victims).
