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Stumbled upon the web site of the highly commendable, Poetry Translation Centre. The idea of the PTC is to translate contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America to a high literary standard...
READ MORE | 15 Mar 2010
Tibetan Language version of Dalai Lama's website launched
For those interested in the Tibetan language today sees the launch of a Tibetan language version of the Dalai Lama's site to add to the English and Chinese versions of the site. The site is aimed at n...
READ MORE | 12 Mar 2010
Just discovered Sepia Town, a wonderful new web site that lets you search, view and upload historical images by location, in order, as they put it, "to see what once stood where you now stand". Check...
READ MORE | 11 Mar 2010
Interesting story from the UAE National newspaper on the role of Arabic translator Humphrey Davies in helping to bring contemporary works of Arabic literature to a western audience. The article goes o...
READ MORE | 10 Mar 2010
L'Étranger audio book read by Albert Camus
The audio book of L'Étranger read by Albert Camus has become a top seller in France for the publishers Frémeaux on the back of the publicity marking the 50th anniversary of the death of...
READ MORE | 8 Mar 2010
Albert Camus: 50 Years After his Death
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragic death of the French Existentialist writer, Albert Camus. France has marked the occasion with conferences, exhibitions, new studies on the man and reissues...
READ MORE | 8 Mar 2010
National conference aims to boost military language training
Improving language and cultural awareness in the U.S. armed forces is the focus of a national conference hosted by Arizona State University March 4-5, according to a press release on the University's...
READ MORE | 6 Mar 2010
Foreign language skills make jobseekers more employable during recession
According to the findings of poll of 500 UK employers commissioned by CILT, languages came second only to IT in a list of desirable skills for job candidates. The report findings, as covered by Person...
READ MORE | 5 Mar 2010
Great piece in The Guardian on the best clubs and bars in Paris to hear live Gypsy Jazz--or Jazz Manouche in French--as played and popularised by the legendary Django Rhinehardt. The nice thing about...
READ MORE | 4 Mar 2010
Breaking down language barriers on the web
New translation feature in the Google Chrome browser helps to breakdown language barrier, as reported in The Independent. Interestingly, the article reveals that the total number of English internet u...
READ MORE | 3 Mar 2010