aiaTranslationsAug 30, 20195 Reasons Why AI Will Never be Fluent in SemanticsIn an article on information-age.com, author Michael Baxter states that Artificial Intelligence is close to reaching an understanding of Semantics. He also s...
aiaTranslationsJul 31, 2019How English Teaches Us About East Asian CulturesLeave it to the world’s lingua franca, English. Spoken widely throughout the world, English can often be found sneaking its words into other languages and st...
aiaTranslationsJun 15, 2019Is Chinese really set to become the dominant language of the internet?Read enough news about language and marketing and you’re bound to come across this claim fairly often: In a few years, the dominant language of the internet w...
aiaTranslationsMay 30, 201914 Signs You are (finally) Fluent in Another LanguageYou have been fastidiously dedicated to learning another language. This may be your second one or even your fourth. The endless hours spent memorizing, pract...
aiaTranslationsJan 31, 2019How Cycling Could Make Bilinguals MonolingualWhat would you do if you woke up thinking and speaking one language, but by the afternoon, after a bike ride, you could only speak an entirely different lang...
aiaTranslationsOct 31, 2018When nurses and mice are always female: Challenges of gender and translationDoes your native language have genders? Some, like Spanish or French, have a masculine and feminine form of a noun, and adjectives and certain verb tenses ha...
aiaTranslationsMay 30, 20188 By-products of Foreign Language LearningLearning a foreign language not only helps us communicate with another tongue, it also helps us gain new perspectives and a few new things we never would hav...
aiaTranslationsApr 30, 20186 reasons why you can’t seem to learn that foreign language and how to fix themMaybe you have been trying for years to learn a foreign language or maybe it has been a little shorter than that, but it just doesn’t seem to be sticking. Yo...
aiaTranslationsMar 30, 2018The lingua franca shift is inevitable. Here is your survival kit.Languages are ever-changing. A lingua franca can be dethroned on seemingly little notice. What once was the main language of the globe, gets pushed to second...
aiaTranslationsFeb 14, 2018Transforming the World with Good Old-Fashioned Love in any LanguageThere is a guy, a regular Joe, currently, traveling our nation handing out hugs, high fives, and good old-fashioned small talk to anyone in need, which —when...
aiaTranslationsDec 29, 2017New Year, New Language: How to ensure you learn a new language in 2018Ahh! A fresh new year is on the horizon! Such promise it holds! It starts out with a big party. Good food, friends and hope renewed. This will be a great yea...
aiaTranslationsOct 15, 2017Want an even more Successful Business? Offer Language Training!Smart and successful companies are made up of strong leadership, innovation and positive, forward thinking strategies. They strive to stay current and to exp...
aiaTranslationsAug 15, 2017Tricky Challenges Every Translator FacesWe all know being a translator is a demanding job – one that requires understanding not only a language, but the people who speak it, their habits, their cul...
aiaTranslationsJul 14, 20175 Challenges Every Interpreter FacesA professional certified interpreter’s job is to connect people through language using above-par language skills, diligence, perseverance and owl-like precis...
aiaTranslationsJun 30, 2017Language Influences How We Think: Fact, or (Science) Fiction?Sci-fi movies often require viewers to suspend at least some belief. Certain linguists and language lovers had to do this in a very unexpected way when watc...
aiaTranslationsJun 15, 2017Self-confidence is the memory of success: How to Overcome your Fear of Speaking a Foreign LanguageSpeaking a foreign language can be scary. All those words and grammatical rules floating around inside your head. Plus, speaking happens in real time. Many l...
aiaTranslationsMay 26, 2017Latinx and The Linguistic RevolutionYou may have heard that it is now perfectly acceptable to use “they” when referring to a single person. The old “he/she” rule is now passé. In fact, the sing...
aiaTranslationsMar 28, 2017Two for One: How Foreign Language Training Can Help You Gain and Retain ClientsThe shifting landscape of language and immigration across the globe, cultural diversity and global market needs people who walk through language barriers. An...
aiaTranslationsFeb 28, 2017Learning a New Language? Give it 10,000 Hours.Many people wonder how long it takes to learn a second language. Well, the answer is about 10,000 hours. Just ask Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Outliers.” But...
aiaTranslationsFeb 27, 2017Translation, Multiple Meanings and CookbooksLast month, we discussed how multiple meanings matter immensely in translation. We gave quite a few examples such as how you can swim in a pool, play pool or...
