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The Advantages of Using Podcasts to Learn New Languages

“I feel like learning a new language” is something we tend to hear and even think. The problem lies less in being motivated than it does in finding the motivation.

April 1, 2015

Birdman, Or the Unexpected Virtue of Bilingualism

Writing a work in a non-native language is a daring task, perhaps even a bit pretentious. We all know about the limitations that this entails. Some take it as a

March 9, 2015

And the Happiest Language in the World Is…

According to the Pollyanna principle, formulated in the ‘70s by two social psychologists, people tend to use positive words more frequently than negative ones. Furthermore, we tend to remember in

February 26, 2015

North Korea and Language

The Guardian recently published an interesting piece that to a certain degree removes the mantle of impermeability that covers North Korea. In other communist nations the study of a foreign

February 17, 2015

The Subtle Gap Between Being Bilingual and Being a Translator

Have you ever been asked to translate a short text or to edit a translation simply because you know how to speak or are a native speaker of that given

January 28, 2015

We Don’t All Cry in the Same Language

A funny screenshot of a television series is passing around several websites, whose title reads “Woman Crying in Spanish” as an explanation of what is happening on screen. Of course,

January 21, 2015

Translating… The Future?

A little over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer, whom is widely considered to be the father of English literature, asked why anyone would possibly want to learn English, a language

January 12, 2015

The Peculiar New Words Added by Oxford Dictionaries

The editors at OxfordDictionaries.com don’t want to get left behind with all the advances in the English language and so they decided to add a thousand new words to their

December 19, 2014

Translating Microbes: the Future of Automatic Translation?

In the sci-fi series Farscape, beings from different planets could communicate amongst one another by consuming “translating microbes” which allowed them to understand other languages. Might we one day see

December 12, 2014

What’s the Equivalent of John Doe or Juan Pérez in Other Countries?

In the Spanish-speaking world they’re known as Juan Pérez, “fulano de tal,” N.N., among other things. The truth is that, despite being among the most common first and last names

November 21, 2014

10 Key Points to Learn a New Language

Without naming names, how many people do we know that “started a language”? For those who succumbed and gave up halfway through, The Guardian’s website posted an interesting article a

November 14, 2014

What Language Is Spoken on Easter Island?

Easter Island, which forms part of Polynesia, is a renowned tourist destination, famous for its ancient culture and monumental sculptures. It is located in the Pacific Ocean and belongs to

November 12, 2014

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