Carved in wood: endangered alphabets
Languages are constantly changing. But that change sometimes mean that a language dies. Much has been written about this in books, blogs, articles. Something...
Language as a weapon
A whistleblower tells ABC News (US) that many interpreters hired to work for the US army in Afghanistan cannot speak the local language very...
Old and new from India
From dictionaries to mobile phone apps, India is in the news.
First the old: ExpressIndia reports that the Sanskrit to English dictionary from Deccan College...
Computers translating voice; Phones translating text
Microsoft’s Translating Telephone and Google’s Goggles turn the tables on what devices normally do.
The lines blur. In fact, there are no lines anymore. We’ve...
(not) localizing happy hour
I popped over the local brewery across the street from MultiLingual just now for the reduced-price appetizers and a greasy jolt of pub food...
Machine Translation and Human Translators Put to the Test
If you find much of the “machine translation” versus “human translation” Internet debate tiresome and less than enlightening, then check out this refreshing, graphical,...
Social media users in the 'Arab' world
Never too sure what ‘Arab world’ even means, but I really liked this article about social media use there. Some interesting observations from people...
language in person
Lingomatch promotes Language Swap in select cities worldwide.
There are any number of sites where one can go to find a language partner (you’re learning...
Saving Salish
If the Salish Native American language is to endure, it is up to the few remaining speakers and today’s youth together to save it.
Nothing...