Translation and Interpreting in 200+ Languages

The Fastest Language in the World

September 30, 2011 -By: -In: Language - Comments Off on The Fastest Language in the World

The swanky restaurants here in the neighborhood of the UN come with an elegant price tag, but the atmosphere is more like that bar scene in Star Wars, full of all these residents jabbering away in their own rapid-fire lingo. Foreign languages just sound fast. And as any language student knows, once you start studying […]

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Jeromobot’s 200th

September 28, 2011 -By: -In: In the News / Awards - Comments Off on Jeromobot’s 200th

Z, the translator formerly known as Jost Zetzsche, at least on this blog, is a giant in the translation industry. Literally, from my point of view, he looks like he’s about 6.5 feet tall, which I guess is one of the reasons why I look up to him. That and that he has also undertaken […]

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Pronoun Use and Suicidal Poets

September 12, 2011 -By: -In: Language - 13 comments

There is more to “I” than meets the eye. You are leaving a trail of pronoun crumbs that reveal your deepest thoughts and attitudes with everything you write. And James Pennebaker, UT psychologist, can read those hidden psychological meanings in the way you use words. Pennebaker got started with his word analysis when he and […]

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