Financial translation event in France

The event agenda is filling up fast. Among other offerings this season in Europe, I’m told there are still 25 places left for the...

History anyone?

Henry Ford said history was bunk. James Joyce suggested history is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake. Others claim that ignorance...

Linguapax

The 10th Linguapax is being held in Barcelona May 20 – 23. This UNESCO-inspired congress is devoted to linguistic rights, language diversity, and...

True to type

True to type I read a report in Le Monde about how the French cryptologist David Naccache managed to discover an intentionally censured (blacked out)...

Killer English

You’ve probably seen the mass media coverage of the language economics of EU enlargement (€2.55 per Euro citizen a year for Community interpretation and...

Balkan language translation training

The Balkanika Foundation has <a href=”launched the first permanent school for translators of all Balkan languages in the Bulgarian town of Sevlievo.