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What Animal References Imply in Different Languages

The names which are given to animal species are exclusive, they have no grey areas. An animal’s name is used to refer to a given species, and not to another.

February 13, 2014

Interpretation Programs in Hospitals

Nowadays, it is very common to hear about interpretation services offered within hospital environments or in situations that have to do with health or medical consultations. This is due to

February 12, 2014

How a Super Bowl Commercial Became a Multilingual Win

One of the most coveted spots for marketing in American broadcasting are the commercial times during the Super Bowl. There is a lot of competition, so all the candidates are

February 10, 2014

More Specific? Impossible.

In this post from last year, we presented some words with oddly specific meanings. Frequently, this specificity makes it difficult to translate these words (or makes them almost untranslatable, as

February 6, 2014

The Origins of American English

As is well known, there are many differences between British and American English, especially when it comes to spelling. However, few people know why this is the case. Did these

February 5, 2014

Bon Appétit: French and Spanish Words in the Culinary World

For food connoisseurs such as myself, ahem, I am always looking to try new cuisines. But even if you aren’t too interested in expanding your culinary horizons, there are plenty

February 3, 2014

How to Speak/Write English the Canadian Way

Canada is the second largest country in the world. So depending on which part of Canada you’re visiting, you may encounter different accents, slang, and vocabulary. Furthermore, there are 2

February 1, 2014

The Term Bullying in the Spanish Language

Rioplatense Spanish (spoken in parts of Argentina and Uruguay, near the Río de la Plata) is slowly opening its doors to the name of a concept that is not foreign

January 30, 2014

A History of Writing and Letters

When we start school as children, we are taught how to write. As a translator, I find it interesting to investigate where letters and forms of writing come from. After

January 29, 2014

Social Networks to the Rescue of Regionalisms

As linguists, many times we find ourselves perplexed, surprised, and even horrified at the very unorthodox and distant way in which increasing numbers of people communicate by means of social

January 23, 2014

My Birthday Word

About a month ago, the directors of the Oxford English Dictionary announced their choice for the word of the year: selfie. This neologism, coined to refer to photos in which

January 22, 2014

In linguistics, code-switching refers to the simultaneous and syntactically and phonologically appropriate use of more than one language. It is fairly common to hear multilingual people use elements of the

January 21, 2014

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