The news has hit this weekend that the Académie française, the venerable institution tasked with preserving and enriching the french language, has coined a new official term to combat the social media titan “hashtag”. The hashtag and its concept has
“10 Mindful Minutes” – a mantra for freelancers
I’ve just watched “All it takes is 10 mindful minutes” – a TedTalk from Andy Puddicombe, and I think it’s one worth watching for all freelancers out there. A former Buddhist monk and founder of Headspace, Andy aims to bring
2012 Review: Language Gaffes
Well it’s that time of year when the 2012 reviews and roundups proliferate, so I thought I’d do a quick one on the language and translation errors that made the headlines in 2012. London2012 I posted at the time about
“The Book Farm” & how to buy secondhand language books
I’ve just been away to visit family in Warwickshire, and while I was there we went to a favourite local haunt of theirs; Astley Book Farm, which bills itself as ‘the largest secondhand book shop in the Midlands’. Well, I’ll
Translating Tolkein….The Hobbit in Latin!
Now I’m always up for a challenge, but this particular example really does strike me as pushing the boundaries. I love that Mark Walker has done this out of a passion for Tolkein and a desire to read something he
Potayto, Potahto…
Anyone who knows me can tell you that I get quite narked about American spellings or words creeping into use by my friends – to the extent that I do correct them if they do it! There’s just no need
London2012 Language Gaffes…
I have a horrible feeling I’ll be posting parts 2, 3 etc… to this topic as the Games progress. It’s Friday 27th, the day of the Opening Ceremony, but in fact the Olympics started at the beginning of the week
Insights into me…
Today we had a team building day from Positive Jack. Involving members of the office team and operations crew, we completed various tasks such as Rollerball, Planks and Discs – but possibly the most interesting part of the day was
Follow-up: ‘The World is talking but we’re not taking part’
As a follow-up to my previous posts about the Daily Mail article ‘Why do the English need to speak a foreign language’ and The i article on the lack of foreign students applying to UK universities, here’s another one from
Foreign Students are shunning UK Universities
An article in The i on Friday revealed statistics which show students from other EU countries are starting to view the UK as a ‘no-go zone’ for higher education. As the article points out, the UK economy stands to