Bridget Jones’s Burkini: Emojis and Digital Diversity
Emojis have been called the world's fastest growing language.
Unsurprisingly, how societal diversity is represented by emojis is to the fore. Icons for gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation,...
Wearabletech: Gucci Translate Anyone?
This innovation from IconSpeak caught my eye recently, though not the attention of my credit card.
It's a t-shirt printed with icons that enables global...
Localization Immaturity Model: Are We There Yet?
The reality of the "gig economy". Incessant talk about "Millennials". Language startups and their hoody culture.
Is there no end to being made feel "old"...
The Advent of Finnish Emojis: Happy Holidays, Headbangers
The Finnish government has released its own set of emojis (絵文字) that capture just what it means to be so Finnish. Reflecting the season that's in it, you...
My First LocWorld
I was born in the eighties in the Netherlands, but Tegel International Airport, Berlin, gives me a sense of what the seventies may have...
It’s all relative
What is wrong with the following sentence (other than the obvious heartbreak): “The thing is, is John just doesn’t love me anymore” ?
It’s the...
Love by any other name
A rose by any other name would be as sweet, Shakespeare tells us, but not everyone agrees. An NY Times article sent in by...
iPhone’s Pic Translator translates for you
A new application for the iPhone allows you to take a picture of some text and then translate it. Not only that, with text-to-speech...
Localizing team spirit and other impossibilities
Rugby is not that popular in America, the land of college sports. Like soccer, it’s sort of relegated to the shadows, played by club...