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Language learning in decline? Spread the language love! 27 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Gary Muddyman of Conversis has written an interesting blog post – Is Britain becoming a nation of monoglots? – on the decline in language learning in UK schools. The post includes links for further re...
Just about everything you ever wanted to know about apostrophes. 17 Aug 2013 | 07:13 pm
Yesterday, 16 August, was International Apostrophe Day, and the cue for lots of apostrophe articles and Twitter posts. The following quick guide to when and how to use an apostrophe was taken from an ...
Get me to a bookery! 9 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
The Joy of Books, by Type Books in Toronto, has got me itching to go book-shopping. And to jump on a plane to Toronto. The post Get me to a bookery! appeared first on %%http://www.wordstogoodeffect.c...
Ba(nne)d words: the GOV.UK style guide 5 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I love a good style guide. And I applaud anyone encouraging the use of clear English. But the GOV.UK style guide, produced by the United Kingdom’s Government Digital Service (GDS) for the GOV.UK websi...
The name game (2): bilingual baby names 2 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
One of the problems bilingual families face when choosing their babies’ names is finding something that’s easy to pronounce in both parents’ countries and languages and for both sets of relatives. We ...
The name game (1): Prince George Alexander Louis 29 Jul 2013 | 08:30 pm
Wee Prince George is one week old today. I dug out my baby-name bible, “Choose Your Baby’s Name” by Rosalind Fergusson, first published in 1987 but which I bought in 1992 (no prizes for guessing why)....
A marketing lesson from George (no, not that one) 27 Jul 2013 | 06:57 pm
Two British institutions were in the media this week: the monarchy, with the birth of Prince George of Cambridge; and the Church of England, with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s support for credit unio...
Hard times bring new words 26 Jul 2013 | 08:03 pm
The New York Times has published an interesting article on the new words and terms being used by Europe’s citizens as a result of the economic crisis. Some of the terms are lifted directly from Englis...
Cracow Translation Days 19 Jul 2013 | 05:59 pm
If you’re enjoying the lovely summer weather we’re having here in (most of) the UK, then maybe a translation conference is the last thing on your mind. But, come September, a few days of workshops and...
St. Jerome: a good role model for translators? 14 Jun 2013 | 02:13 pm
Saints Alive, a new exhibition at the National Gallery in London, features “large-scale kinetic sculptures by Michael Landy that bring a contemporary twist to the lives of the saints”. The saints on d...
