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How Google Gets Search Traffic Wrong | Business 2 Community
The problem is—this is almost certainly baloney. Hooey. Poppycock. Nonsense. BS.For lightly trafficked sites, this chart may actually be quite close, within one percent or so. But for larger sites with...
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Oman Tribune - the edge of knowledge
Microsoft, Nokia seek EU action on Google over AndroidBRUSSELS Companies including Microsoft and Nokia have stepped up pressure on EU antitrust regulators to take action against Google, accusing it of...
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The (Not So) Hidden Agenda Behind Google Glass
Google (GOOG) is set to release its much-anticipated Google Glass in 2014. These wearable computers hook up to the Internet using Wi-Fi or through your mobile phone, and allow you to take photos and HD...
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Corsican MEP battles for Europe to protect endangered languages
INTERVIEW / Just as the EU legislates to protect migrating birds and wildlife habitats, it should also protect its 120 or so endangered languages, argues François Alfonsi, a Corsican MEP who has...
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Science Writing Prize in association with the Guardian and the Observer |...
In association with the 'Guardian' and the 'Observer', this competition aims to find the next generation of undiscovered science writing talent. Winners will receive a £1000 cash prize.See it on...
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Famille de la langue des signes française - Wikipédia
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François Alfonsi : « La perte d’une langue est toujours délibérée »
Les langues ne disparaitraient pas sans une politique délibérée qui les marginalisent, déclare François Alfonsi, un eurodéputé corse, qui a rédigé un rapport parlementaire sur les langues menacées...
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Mother 3 : la traduction anglaise offerte à Nintendo
L'annonce de l'arrivée en Occident d'EarthBound sur la Console Virtuelle Wii U réveille l'espoir chez les joueurs militant pour une sortie du génial Mother 3 en dehors du Japon. Clyde Mandelin,...
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Google boss defends UK tax record
Speaking to the BBC, Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, defends his company for paying just £6m in UK corporation tax in 2011.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The Translation World
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Los errores del traductor
Errar es humano, es una de las máximas del hombre. Nos pasamos la vida equivocándonos, porque equivocarse es una de las vías del aprendizaje, una de las vías de la experiencia, y una de las vías, a fin...
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Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) - King Abdullah translation prize winners named
IBNA: According to Arab news staff, the five winners in the category for institutions will receive a cash prize of SR 750,000 each, while individual winners will get SR 500,000 each. Deputy Foreign...
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Found in Translation: A Professor Searches for a Public Voice - Commentary -...
When I was a child growing up in Puerto Rico, I was interested in science but did not know any scientists, nor did I understand how science was done. My father worked in the newspaper business and...
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Do We Dare Write for Readers? - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of...
Too often scholars write books that are meant to be coolly admired by a small cadre. Aim higher.Go ahead. Keep working on your book. But before you finish, I hope you'll consider a modest proposal....
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MA Translation Studies - University of Portsmouth
The MA Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth is an accredited member of the European Masters in Translation Network, and the University is also a member of the OPTIMALE translator...
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Los jueces y el diccionario
Tras el escándalo que hace unos años suscitó la publicación de las caricaturas de Mahoma, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, pronunció un discurso en Berlín para defender el derecho a ofender. La diputada holandesa que...
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Afghan interpreters start anew in New Zealand
Thirty Afghan interpreters have arrived in their new home of New Zealand but fear for the safety of their colleagues whom the Government did not bring back.A total of 94 Afghan men, women and children...
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Public speaking for academics: how to get it right – live chat
Whether at a conference or lecture hall, speaking plays an important role in an academic career. Join our live chat Friday 26 April from 12pm BST to discuss some essential rules of thumbSee it on...
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New MAs in Literacy and Linguistics available at Redcliffe College
Redcliffe College has announced the successful validation by the University of Gloucestershire of two new MAs in Field Linguistics and Literacy Programme Development.The MAs are taught in partnership...
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Winner of Estonian-Latvian translation prize announced
On Friday in Tallinn, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics announced the winner of the Estonian-Latvian/Latvian-Estonian translation prize, informed BC the...
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Langues: il faut préserver l'article 1, selon Elsie Lefebvre
La leader de l’opposition officielle à l’Hôtel de Ville de Montréal, Elsie Lefebvre, a soutenu lundi que l’article 1 de la Charte de Montréal, qui stipule que la ville est de langue française, doit...
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