Why being multilingual is good business sense
In this blog, we discuss the importance of multilingualism to British business in this age of digitisation and globalisation.
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Our Vendor Manager Adrian Asks: What’s the damage?
In this blog our Vendor Manager Adrian Cruz shares his experience with the English phrase “What’s the damage?”
European Day of Languages 26 September
In 2001 the Council of Europe and the European Union jointly organised The European Year of Languages. This was successful in involving millions of people across 45 countries. Its activities celebrated linguistic diversity in Europe and promoted language learning. Following the success of the Year of Languages, the Council of Europe declared a European Day …
Why Brexit takes the biscuit
I sit here with my cup of tea and chocolate wafer snack, pondering the fact that in less than two months’ time, Britons are off to the polls to make a big decision regarding our future in (or out of) the European Union, and yet no-one seems to be asking what is surely the biggest …
Phrench phury at spelling rephorms
How many hours of my life have I spent – first as a language student and then as a professional linguist – tediously flipping through dictionaries and grammar books looking up arcane accents and idiosyncratic spellings in French? It’s a rhetorical question, obviously. However, if I were able to put a precise figure on my …