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2017 – the year of incorrect machine translation
14th January 2018
Machine translation can be useful at times but it can also be the cause of all evils. Incorrect translation can have huge implications, not only on people and their lives but also on businesses – it can destroy a business’s reputation and credibility. Automated translation systems have no background knowledge of anything at all other… Read more »
Learning a language – a New Year’s resolution for one in five Brits
4th January 2018
Learning a language is a New Year’s resolution for about one in five Britons (21%) in 2018, according to a poll commissioned by the British Council. Amongst the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, one in five said they plan to make learning another language their New Year’s resolution. One in three intends to try and learn… Read more »
The need for effective translation for e-commerce websites
12th December 2017
The internet is the easiest to access, and biggest, source of information. By 2030 most of the world will be online. This opens tremendous opportunities for e-commerce businesses to drive sales through online channels. What it also means is that e-commerce businesses have to adapt their business models and marketing strategy to meet consumers’ expectations… Read more »
MRS Awards 2017
26th November 2017
The MRS Awards celebrate research’s ability to drive innovation, inspire change and deliver results. The Awards were created to recognise creativity, science, commerce and most importantly, research. According to an independent review by advisors PwC, the UK professional research and evidence market generates up to £3bn a year of Gross Value Added (GVA), making a… Read more »
Your multilingual pages shouldn’t be word for word translation
11th November 2017
In its recent tweet, Google Webmasters stated that multilingual pages shouldn’t be word for word translation. Some website owners believe that Google requires word for word translation when you use hreflang and make a multilingual website. That is absolutely not the case. In fact, it is best to translate the page naturally and not do… Read more »
Advancement in real time translation devices – end of language learning?
27th October 2017
Will the emerging technology of real time translation devices make language learning a thing of the past? The quality of translation software programs has greatly improved in recent years, thanks to new, fast-developing technologies. With the recent release of Google Pixel buds and advances on other real time translation devices, verbal and written communications are… Read more »
The rise of real time translation devices
14th October 2017
Most of us have found ourselves in the awkward situation of trying to communicate in a foreign language. Sometimes it’s funny but at other times it’s simply embarrassing. This has been recognised by various corporations around the world, including Google and Skype, and new devices providing real time translation have been introduced. 1. Google Pixel… Read more »
The language of colours, a hands-free speech translation device from Fujitsu and news on latest language studies.
27th September 2017
1. The bilingual brain calculates information differently depending on the language used The latest study on this subject, conducted by a team from the University of Luxembourg, found that bilingual people process maths differently when they switch between languages. They can intuitively recognise small numbers up to four; however, when calculating groups of numbers they… Read more »
Bilingual Comprehension
17th August 2017
Two studies were recently conducted looking into the abilities and behaviour of bilingual children. Study 1: Babies can understand the difference between two languages while in the womb The study undertaken by a team at the University of Kansas found that unborn babies are able to recognise the differences between two languages and respond differently… Read more »
Learning a new language in the post Brexit Britain
4th August 2017
We learn other languages for many reasons; social, desire to travel, personal development, and career prospects are some of them. But how can the decisions made by our government influence these factors? How can they change our feelings and opinion towards learning a language? Whether we like it or not Brexit is really happening and… Read more »
