Interpreting training and digital pen technology
Use of the Smartpen opens up new possibilities in interpreting training and practice.IntroductionThe first time I heard about digital pen technology was in 2009, at Monash University, when the...
View ArticleWhat Kind of African Doesn’t Speak Any African Languages? Me. | African...
Last year, I attended a conference that brought together African thought leaders. In a session about African identity, we explored the question of whether one could claim to be African without being...
View ArticleThe creativity conundrum
Students often view requirement courses as obstacles to overcome rather than opportunities for introspection.Recently, several American universities have started to revamp their degree programs by...
View ArticleEurope Receives Complaint About Google’s Android
European antitrust officials have received a formal complaint from Google’s rivals about its Android mobile operating system.The complaint was filed by Fairsearch Europe, a group of Google’s...
View ArticleLe déménagement des bureaux de la Défense nationale est illégitime selon Phil...
Le député provincial d’Ottawa-Orléans, Phil McNeely estime que le gouvernement enfreint sa propre loi sur les langues officielles en déménageant les bureaux de la Défense nationaux dans l’ouest...
View ArticleFantino nie avoir demandé de correspondre uniquement en anglais
OTTAWA – Même si le ministre Julian Fantino le nie, un nouveau document démontre que les employés de l’Agence canadienne du développement international (ACDI) ont bien reçu l’instruction d’émettre sa...
View ArticleReducing, Reusing, and Recycling Writing | Bark: A Blog of ... -...
Two of my students handed two of the exact same essays. I was disappointed in both their lack of integrity and their apparent belief that I?m such a dolt I would not notice....The class is basically a...
View ArticleAssange launches own search engine that ''rivals Google''
The search engine named PLUS D includes 250,000 leaked State Department cables that were made public during Cablegate.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The Translation World
View ArticleCreative Thinking for Modern Business | Business 2 Community
These days, we put a premium on creativity. It doesn’t even really matter what industry you work in, position you hold in the organization, or what department you belong to. Sooner or later, people...
View ArticleInterview with Riccardo Schiaffino," About Translation blog" | Wordbee
Riccardo was kind enough to interview with us about the state of the translation industry in a wide-ranging, insightful, and rambling interview.Riccardo Schiaffino writes the About Translation...
View ArticleA half-century in language change
ON THE pavement just outside The Economist's New York offices, I spied a small pile of books for the taking, and it happened to have a little treasure on top: "More Language that Needs Watching" by...
View ArticleFound in Translation...
What are the difficulties of translating Russian novels into English? And what kinds of relationships do translators develop with the authors they translate?See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleImpac Literary Award list announced
A shortlist of ten authors including Haruki Murakami and past winners Michel Houellebecq and Andrew Mille are up for the lucrative Impac Dublin Literary Award.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleIntroduction - Le cinéma européen et les langues
L’espace géopolitique européen est un espace en mutation défini plus fréquemment par des considérations économiques que culturelles.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The Translation World
View ArticleCorsica Infurmazione – « Charte des langues régionales : Visage pâle et...
Gain de cause a encore été donné à une conception étriquée de la République voulant que les langues régionales soient contraires aux principes républicains, et préconisant implicitement...
View Article"365 mots nouveaux expliqués" de Paul Desalmand ,Yves Stalloni chez Chêne...
Une langue, comme une société, change sans cesse. C'est même un signe de vitalité. Chaque année voit apparaître son lot de termes inédits, qu'il vaut mieux comprendre pour garder le contact avec son...
View ArticleLa nouvelle chaîne i24 basée en Israël sera lancée en 3 langues | GUYSEN NEWS
La nouvelle chaîne internationale sera basée dans le port de Jaffa, dans la même agglomération que Tel-Aviv, diffusera dans trois langues: anglais, français et arabe, avec l’ambition de rivaliser avec...
View ArticleLe site Internet de l'hôtel Warwick de Genève est disponible en 5 langues
Depuis le 2 avril, le site web de l'hôtel Warwick de Genève, membre de la Collection Warwick International Hotels, s'adapte aux besoins de l'ensemble de sa clientèle en proposant son portail...
View ArticleGermantown Workshops Continues
Through the Germantown Workshops, volunteers seek to help students develop professional and public speaking skills that will be helpful to the students in their future professional and academic...
View ArticleThe art of allusion
It’s not just about the direct meaning of words, you also have to be mindful of the emotional overtones they carry.A wide vocabulary is important for a person’s language proficiency, and boosts the...
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