Tag: Memrise

Localization Manager Kasia Bania on Cultivating Career Success in the Language Industry

Now a Senior Localization Manager at Memrise, Kasia Bania discusses how she turned her expertise in a rare language pair into a varied career starting with freelance work and moving to positions at Lionbridge and specialized marketing agencies. 

The presence of Catalan in language learning apps

Catalan, my language, is again in a sadly paradoxical situation. While it is spoken by 10 million people in the world, is native in parts of four European states, and is the only language with official status in Andorra —which means it is recognized by the United Nations— it suffers discrimination that is difficult to understand either in qualitative or quantitative terms.

Language Apps Disappear from App Stores in China

A handful of language learning apps mysteriously disappeared from popular Android app stores in China — the apps, including highly popular ones like Duolingo...