The 7th Congress of the International Society of Dialectology and Geolinguistics will be held in Vienna (Austria) from 23-28 July, under the auspices of the Institute for Lexicography of ...

It is certain now, our family is going to South Africa for nine days during our Spring Break next year to accompany a small tour group led by my mother-in-law (who owns a small travel company in Brazil). She is sponsoring the trip for K & I because we will be translators/interpreters to the group on the tours we do there (last year K's brother "K2" and his wife did that too).

Prof Leon de Kock from the English Department at Stellenbosch University (SU) has won a South African Literary Award in the category Literary Translation. He received the award for his English rendition of a cycle of poems by Cas Vos, entitled Intimately Absent (in Afrikaans, Intieme Afwesige), based on the Abelard and Heloise saga.

Other, Cardno is seeking to establish a panel of highly qualified and experienced Translators and Interpreters...

The Egyptian author Khaled Al Khamissi talks about his work as a new, post-revolution translation of his novel Taxi is published.

Message 105 of 13516 November 2011 at 4:52pm | IP Logged
I think that having a good knowledge of French is very useful for many African countries
especially in North Africa and West and Central Africa too.

Like Spanish is useful for Central and South America.French is essential in many African
states and serves as a lingua franca too.Especially in the North African countries.
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Expert­s discus­s the downsi­de of techno­logica­l advanc­ement over the past 25 years.

The government, after almost six years since the passage of the Disability Law, has not yet been able to meet the needs of People with Disability (PWD), even though the law was meant to give them a positive lifestyle. Indeed, the government is doing its best to make the country a better place for PWDs, unfortunately, no matter how hard it tries, it does not seem to be reaching its target.

France-Burundi - 300.000 euros de la France pour la promotion de la langue française au Burundi - Le gouvernement français va débloquer 300.000 euros pour la promotion de l’enseignement de la langue française, en net recul au Burundi pour diverses raisons, selon un accord signé mercredi par les deux pays à Bujumbura.

De l’avis général, dans les milieux linguistiques à Bujumbura, le niveau du français n’a cessé de baisser au cours de ces dernières années sous les effets conjugués du manque d’enseignants qualifiés et de matériel didactique en quantité suffisante.

Les étudiants en langue étrangère à l’Université d’Ohio, aux Etats Unis d’Amérique, vont commencer par apprendre la langue Ewé à partir de cette rentrée universitaire 2011/2012.

La primeur de cette information a été révélée par le président de cette université, le Professeur Roderick MacDavis, à Ho la capitale de la région de la Volta, bastion du peuple Ewé au Ghana.

Bernard Schalscha, this former Trotskyist at my magazine, La Règle du jeu who, for the last eight months, has been gathering information coming out of Syria...

According to "Summit Resolve To Showcase Indigenous Language Films," FIAF 2011 has just ended, and topics included using film as a medium to stress African values and indigenous languages.

The recently concluded 5th Festival of Indigenous African Language Film (FIAF 2011) held at Owena Motels, Akure, with the theme: “Film, Economy and National Development”, has resolved that there is need to expose indigenous African language films

International and reputable translations company recruiting qualified and experienced translators. We are currently recruiting translators of language pairs to and from English and any one of the 11 official South Africa languages.

Recently, the First Deputy Premier and Minister of East African Affairs, Eriya Kategaya, issued a directive to the effect that by the beginning of next year, Kiswahili, as a language, be taught and examined compulsorily in schools in Uganda, right from primary level.

I believe that this initiative has been long overdue. The promotion of the Kiswahili language will not be limited to simply its usage, but it will also help the East African Community (EAC) that was revived in 1999 to co-operate in trade, politics, social, media, education systems, among others, and it will fully play its role as the regional lingua franca.

By Ochereome Nnanna
PROFESSOR Chinua Achebe was not the first prominent Nigerian (nor the only one) to reject the now controversial National Honours.

He must, however, be among the very few who said no to it twice when the same category – Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR, the third highest of the lot – was offered by two different regimes. Incidentally, he cited the same problems as his reasons.

A culture almost suffocated under Gaddafi dances in the streets and sings in its own language. But amid the euphoria lie firm legal demands and a nagging worry that after 42 years, parts of Amazigh culture may have disappeared forever.

Much confusion is caused when individuals choose to use the word black to identify those of African heritage. What is the difference between the word black and a person who is African-American?

Trois chanteurs africains populaires, Papa Wemba, Bonga et Fifito, ont sorti un CD pour illustrer dans plusieurs langues africaines le message du synode africain, à l’occasion du prochain voyage du pape au Bénin. Trois chanteurs africains populaires, Papa Wemba, Bonga et Fifito, ont sorti un CD pour illustrer dans plusieurs langues africaines le message du synode africain, à l’occasion du prochain voyage du pape au Bénin.

Meroë is one of the great kingdoms of ancient Sudan. Perched next to it was Egypt, another, great kingdom.

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubanga is accused of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers.

Alert! The 2011 winners of the ever-evolving South African Literary Awards (SALA) have been announced.

The 2012 African Languages Initiative (AFLI) Domestic Intensive Summer Program is hosted by the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, on behalf of the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Program exposes learners to the culture and traditions of the languages both inside and outside the classroom. Instruction is performance-based and communicative-oriented provided by expert, native-speaking instructors. Classes meet four hours plus a mandatory 1 hour conversational session per weekday over eight weeks. Also, students spend a day with a host family every other weekend in order to enhance communicative interactions in the target languages.

Writer Chinua Achebe refuses to accept an award from Nigeria, saying his concerns with the country's political situation "have not been addressed, let alone solved."...

The Nation recently featured the story of a 16-year-old Kenyan girl who last year was...