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Language,

He, She and It: The Gender of Things

The English language has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter Originally, when Old English was spoken, these ...

Nov 2014

Literature,

The Hidden Novels in Translation

Literature in the English speaking world has a tendency to be particularly closed off to everything but English literatu...

Oct 2014

Language,

The Seven Funniest Marketing Mistranslations

In our globalised world, international corporations often struggle to effectively communicate their brand to new marke...

Oct 2014

Language,

5 Ways The Internet Is Changing English

English is incredibly adept at absorbing new words and phrases Other languages are tasteful scarves - English is a giant...

Sep 2014

Language,

Language Development and Autism

Most children develop language in a broadly consistent way: in their first few months babies will already have learned t...

Sep 2014

Language,

The 41 Languages of Frozen

Since Frozen was released last November, it has gone on to become the fifth-highest grossing film of all time It also t...

Aug 2014

Language,

20+ Words the English Language Is Desperately Missing

The English language is great It has thick roots in Latin, French and German Upon that polyglot skeleton it adopted ...

Aug 2014

Language,

Will California Adopt Bilingual Medication Labels?

Controversy is mounting in California over whether the state should adopt bilingual drug labels The California Board of...

Aug 2014

Language,

Global Interpreter Awarded MBE

Congratulations to Mr Dilawer Singh, one of our longest serving interpreters, who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's...

Jul 2014

Language,

Are The British Bad At Learning Foreign Languages?

British travellers enjoy the biggest range of visa-free travel in the world, with our passports granting us easy access ...

Jun 2014