Journal - Living Word

Insights Jul 28, 2021

The weird and wonderful world of secret languages

Did you know that secret languages exist all over the world? We journey from France to Bolivia to find out more about this fascinating language phenomenon. It seems like some languages are meant to be misunderstood – at least considering the sheer amount of secret languages still found today....

Pirate

Insights Jul 26, 2021

Cymraeg – a Welsh language boom

According to language learning app Duolingo, Welsh was the fastest-growing UK language in 2020, with a 44% increase in Welsh learners. This saw Welsh outrank languages like French, Japanese, Turkish and Hindi, becoming the ninth most popular language to learn on the app in the UK. We explore why...

Sign with Welsh text

Insights Jul 21, 2021

So you’re hiring an interpreter. How hard can it be?

Hiring an interpreter surely can’t be that hard? Well – as it happens, there are a number of things that can go wrong, and terribly so, as we’ve exemplified before. But with our checklist, it should hopefully be smooth sailing. Analyse your own needs How could you...

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Insights Jul 19, 2021

Creative machine translation – an obvious goal or an impossible oxymoron?

The subject of machine translation can easily divide waters, but there seems to be a general consensus that it is suitable in some fields and specialisms, and less so in more creative or culturally specific ones. But what does the future have in store in this area? Could machine translation become...

Human-like robot machine