Speak Dating is a new method of language learning that has proved a hit in the United Arab Emirates. It is a similar event to speed dating, but languages are the main pull as opposed to romance. The first event took place in May in Dubai, and boasted an impressive eleven different language combinations including…
The British Museum was the place to be this weekend for the live translation event. The format was simple, but nonetheless exciting: one text, two languages (French into English), two different translations, and two translators justifying the linguistic decisions behind their translation choices. And if this wasn’t enough, joining them on the stage was the…
The profession of translating came under an unexpected spotlight when the film ‘Letters to Juliet’ was released earlier this month. Verona, Italy, (the setting of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’) provides the backdrop of the film and it is the city which is also home to The Juliet Club – a group of 15 volunteer translators…
For three weeks in 2010, football will be the lingua franca uniting millions of people throughout the world. But this does not mean that language issues have been pushed to the sidelines. Far from it. The provision of translation and interpreting services has been booming both by the host nation and further afield. In May…
China’s economic foothold in Africa and Latin America has been growing for many years. The upward trend in Chinese outward direct foreign investment has meant that an increasing number of schools worldwide are incorporating the teaching of Mandarin Chinese into their syllabuses. In Indonesia, lessons in Mandarin Chinese are compulsory in some schools, whilst in…
Antonia Wolfrum, a graduate from Aston University in Birmingham, has been awarded The Translation People’s Excellence in Translation Award. The company has been sponsoring this award in cooperation with Aston University since 2005. After the Aston University graduation ceremony in the Town Hall on Tuesday 30th March, Operations Manager Jasmin Schneider from the Birmingham office…
The University of South Africa (UNISA) has been encouraging people to learn and speak one of South Africa’s eleven official languages during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. THRASS UK have answered that call with an interactive language programme that gives schoolchildren worldwide the opportunity to learn about the host nation’s languages, culture and history. THRASS…
Amazon.com, Inc has just announced a new chapter in its history with the arrival of AmazonCrossing – a service that will provide English translations of non-English language titles. The first translated book is due to be published in both print and digital formats in November 2010 and will no doubt be available on the Amazon…
Football fever is spreading in the build-up to the 2010 World Cup and to add to the excitement, UEFA has added eight new languages to its training and development website in a bid to make it more accessible to fans and coaches worldwide. ‘UEFA Training Ground’ was launched in 2007. Originally, content was only offered…
Australian broadcaster NITV have launched the first indigenous language television show aimed at a younger audience. Children have been able to tune in for a daily lesson in the Aboriginal language Noongar thanks to a new show called Waabiny Time (or ‘playing time’ in English) and such is its popularity that a new series has…
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