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Why learn a foreign language? | Deseret News

Why learn a foreign language? | Deseret News | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
"Hello, hello, hello, how are you?” are words to the first song I learned in English.
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Ensuring translation quality part 8: Auditing your vendor | Sajan Blog

Ensuring translation quality part 8: Auditing your vendor | Sajan Blog | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Part 8 of our 10 part blog series on ensuring translation quality - preparing, implementing and reviewing a vendor audit.
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Translation errors cause disputes over contracts

Translation errors cause disputes over contracts | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Some companies try to save money by hiring students instead of lawyers.
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Say what? Regional sayings compiled

Say what? Regional sayings compiled | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
[...] you need the Dictionary of American Regional English, the five-volume, 60,000-entry, 50-years-in-the-making guide to the English language as spoken by Americans.
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From 'trousers' to 'Tories': unexpected Irish words in English

From 'trousers' to 'Tories': unexpected Irish words in English | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Most English speakers would not be surprised to hear that words like banshee or shamrock have their origins in Irish, the Celtic language (also known as...
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Best Translated Book Award finalists announced

Best Translated Book Award finalists announced | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Best Translated Book Awards: 25 works of fiction are on the longlist for the 2012 Best Translated Book Awards.
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Applied Language Solutions Exposed by an Insider

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How did this man learn 11 languages?

How did this man learn 11 languages? | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Twenty-year-old Alex Rawlings has won a national competition to find the UK's most multi-lingual student, he explains how he became fluent in so many languages.
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L'essentiel Online - Vers une disparition du luxembourgeois? - Luxembourg

L'essentiel Online - Vers une disparition du luxembourgeois? - Luxembourg | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
LUXEMBOURG - L Unesco recense pas moins de 2 474 langues menacées à travers le monde.
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English :: Reviving the Armenian Language - Bianet

English :: Reviving the Armenian Language - Bianet | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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Language Magazine » Bilingual Boom

Language Magazine » Bilingual Boom | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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The English Language is Just Weird! | eLearning Brothers

The English Language is Just Weird! | eLearning Brothers | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Interesting phrases in the English language.
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Slow German

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Introduction - Faculty of Arts - University of Leeds

Funding and scholarships...
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How a Bad Chinese Translation Program Caused a Fake Racism Scandal for Abercrombie & Fitch

Twitter is freaking out over brown cargo pants which appear to be sold by Abercrombie and Fitch and are described as 'Nigger Brown.' It's a hoax: the pants are listed on abercrombie-and-fitchoutlet.com, a bogus website registered in China that...
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What is a polyglot?

What is a polyglot? | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Eddie Donovan discusses the practice of multilingualism and shares some interesting facts with us. A polyglot is someone with a high degree of proficiency in several languages. (A bilingual per...
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Public invited to apply to four-week translation program | WMU News | Western Michigan University

Public invited to apply to four-week translation program | WMU News | Western Michigan University | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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Color Idioms and Phrases in English

Color Idioms and Phrases in English | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
  Thanks to Stumbleupon, I discovered another great website which includes all the idioms and phrases related to different colors. This piece of information is created by Alan S. Kennedy and h...
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Calwer Hermann-Hesse-Preis: "Feinfühlig und stilsicher" | Literarisches Leben | boersenblatt.net

Calwer Hermann-Hesse-Preis: "Feinfühlig und stilsicher" | Literarisches Leben | boersenblatt.net | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
Die US-Amerikanerin Susan Bernofsky erhält den diesjährigen Calwer Hermann-Hesse-Preis unter anderem für ihre Übersetzung der Hesse-Novelle "Siddharta" ins Englische. Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Preis wird am 2.
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Beware of the translation industry “bottom-feeders” | Translation Client Zone

Beware of the translation industry “bottom-feeders” | Translation Client Zone | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
This article came all the way from Greece and was kindly written by Christos Floros—Thanks a bunch, Christos! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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International Mother Language Day, 21 February

International Mother Language Day, 21 February | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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The Tyee – The Rise of 'New English'

The Tyee – The Rise of 'New English' | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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Online translation websites: A cautionary tale - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo

Online translation websites: A cautionary tale - Bulgaria - The Sofia Echo | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
A funny thing happened on the way from Bulgarian to English. By The Sofia Echo staff, published 15/02/2012 23:07:00.
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IAPTI -INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS

IAPTI -INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS | Addicted to languages | Scoop.it
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100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know published by Houghton Mifflin Company

100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know is the perfect book for people who enjoy reading about words that have absorbing histories, great sounds, surprising but useful meanings or that have been used by famous writers throughout the history of...
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