Tag: Irish
The Week in Review: March, 31, 2023
We’ve got stories on language access and education, along with press releases from XL8, GLOBO, and more in this week’s recap.
Language activists gather in Belfast to support Irish
On Saturday, May 21, thousands of activists marched through the streets of Belfast to show their support for legislation that would support and protect the use of the Irish language within Northern Ireland.
The Irish Language: A Cereal Troublemaker Hits the Gaeltacht
I joined my son (aged 13) for breakfast and asked him if he knew the Irish for "cereal". Officially, the term would be "gránach bricfeasta" or similar, but he simply said, "calóga" (which basically means "flakes"). But I immediately thought he said "Cellógga", my Dublin urban Irish ear already tuned into expecting to hear brand names and slang as terminology.
Localization Unconference: The First 10 Years
The event is still going strong and is now worldwide; organized by and attended by those interested in localization and related-areas of our industry who want to meet and make connections through the discussion of hot topics or things that normally don’t get on the regular conference circuit agenda.
The Only Irish Language Act in Town
If you’ve been reading Thomas Gilmartin‘s great piece on MultiLingual Insights about the deadly seriousness of the status of the Irish language in Northern Irish politics, or been amazed by the kind of mighty passions that can arise over the Irish for “selfie”, then you might consider that RuPaul is exactly the kind of language act we need to see more of on the island of Ireland.
Northern Ireland’s current language crisis
The current cultural conflict in Northern Ireland, and, in particular, the argument over the status of its languages, is at the core of a political crisis regarding restoring the power-sharing assembly.
Catch the Pidgin at the BBC: Digital Flight of Fancy?
So what is pidgin, exactly? The BBC describe it as "a mix of English and local languages enabling people who do not share a common language to communicate".
Unicode Jewels: Ogham Alphabet Made Personal
I've just had a super new ring made for me by Irish designer Breda Haugh. It's in sterling silver with a single pink sapphire stone set...
An Cód: Craicing the Code in Irish
It's often assumed that computing coding lessons are always taught in English because most (though not all) programming languages use English language syntax.
Not so.
Take...
A Cute Irish Accent
Irish accents, dontcha love 'em?
In this case I'm talking about Irish language (Gaeilge) orthography, specifically the Irish language equivalent of the acute accent, the fada...
Kudos and Comhghairdeas* to Duolingo’s Irish Language Volunteers
The Irish President (Uachtarán Na hEireann) Michael D. Higgins (Micheál D Ó hUigínn) (@PresidentIRL) has publicly recognized seven volunteers for their work in building up the Irish...
Blue, Gorm, Elektrisches Blau: David Bowie in Irish and Transcreation
Táimid ann sa mhóimint dhraíochtach seo
Sin é an stuif as a bhfitear brionglóidí . . . *
I'm mega-fan of the music of the late...