Last week, our CEO, Jurga Zilinskiene, spoke at two of the biggest international business and leadership fairs to ever take place in Eastern Europe - Forum One in Kaunas and the World Lithuanian Economic Forum (PLEF) in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
The longest German word has been dropped from the lexicon. A change in EU laws regarding the testing of cattle means that the need for a "Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz," meaning "law delegating beef label monitoring" is no more. Non-German speakers, thanks to the Daily Telegraph, you can hear how the word is pronounced at the bottom of this article.
At Today Translations, we are delighted to hear that approximately 600 local Afghan interpreters who risked their lives working alongside British troops during the war will finally be supported by the British government. The focus must now be on how we can make maximum use of the skills and talents that these linguists will bring to the UK.
At Today Translations we work with talented linguists from all over the world, many of whom play musical instruments, including several members of our in-house team.This got us thinking: is there a connection between music and languages? According to a study carried out on over 64 adults by Georgetown University Medical Center, the answer is yes.
We are delighted to announce that Jurga Zilinskiene, managing director of Today Translations, will be speaking at Forum One in Lithuania, one of Eastern Europe's flagship business events. The forum's keynote speaker will be Sir Richard Branson, Britain's most renowned serial entrepreneur and the founder of Virgin Group.
We became giddy with excitement and curiosity when we came across the Tenner scheme, a competition encouraging young people to launch a business initiative on the back of only a £10 note. The Tenner, which is spearheaded by Young Enterprise, the UK's largest business and enterprise education charity,
William Shakespeare, long regarded as greatest wordsmith of the English-language, celebrates his birthday (and strangely also his death day) today - April 23rd. As well as being known for his extensive catalogue of plays - required high school reading in most English-speaking countries - he also coined a number of his owns words, many of which are still commonly used today.
Here's some food for thought for electronic device manufacturers looking to translate and localise their products - does it support a non-Latin alphabet? This week, Amazon has been on the receiving end of language compatibility complaints on its Kindle e-reader series. First, Welsh publisher Y Lolfa is leading a campaign make Welsh, or Cymru, books available for Kindle.
Click-through rates for digital adverts reported to be significantly higher in east Asian states than in the more mature North American market. It's no surprise that digital advertising is the rising star of the advertising game. A survey published by the the online marketing group DG MediaMind revealed that digital advertising currently accounts for 19.8 per cent of all worldwide advertising revenue, and will rise to 21.7 per cent by the end of this year.
We are sad to hear that Aga Man Pete Digby, a close friend of Today Translations, has had to cancel his bid to run the London Marathon pulling an AGA oven. Despite pulling all the string possible to comply with the marathon's rules and regulations, Pete was told that we would not be permitted to run with the AGA, which he had christened Agatha.
