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But where are you from?聽
Where are you really from?聽
Yes, but where were you born?聽
I mean where did you grow up?聽
Yes, but where are you originally from?
If you happen to be a person that was born in one country, moved to another, and was raised in a third, with parents from different cultures or countries, you know the struggle. If you happen to...
When we hear about fixers for the media, it is often about supporting foreign journalists in conflict zones. However, another area of the media that makes extensive use of bilingual fixers is TV (and radio) coverage of sports events. This can represent a rich opportunity for work and memorable experiences for linguists 鈥� especially if, like me, you鈥檙e also a sports fan.
A translator and...
Bokani Hart considers how language gaps are impeding the UN鈥檚 peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo.
Once again, the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on a knife edge. And, once again, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) is in the firing line for allegedly not doing enough to protect civilians from the armed groups that have...
By聽Mark Thompson
The call came out of the blue in November 2015, when I was least expecting it. Thrown in at the deep end, I literally became a linguistic services聽project manager overnight.
First interpreter called in to the site of a mining dam disaster in southeastern Brazil, to assist English speaking executives and specialists flying in from all around the globe, I very...
It was two years ago that I took my final leave of 天美传媒鈥檚 offices in Fleet Street, caught my last commuter train home and entered what the French call 鈥渓e troisi猫me 芒ge鈥�, the successor to childhood and a working adult life.
So what is life as a retired linguist really like? Well, the retired bit is easy 鈥� newfound time to read, an abundance of hours spent cycling, days out, art...
The sports journalist and broadcaster explains how his knowledge of French, German, Spanish and Mandarin gives him the edge in a brutal industry.
Could you tell us a bit about your language background, Chris?Well, it鈥檚 pretty unremarkable actually, John. I鈥檇 have loved to have been raised bilingually, or had a parent from another country, but they were both British and there...
Lots of people need to take periods of time off work to care for their children or, increasingly, a vulnerable parent. In some cases, this can be a significant career break. When someone has had a lengthy break from work it can be more difficult than you might think to restart a career.
Yet, people returning to work can have a significant impact on the economy. PWC recently reported...
The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) offers degree courses and language short courses in 18 languages of the region. The school鈥檚 research is supported by the SSEES Library, one of the major research libraries covering the whole of the Central and East European region and Russia.
PROLang, is a newly established research group in the school, which supports and...
鈥淭here is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.鈥� These words were famously uttered by Nanny McPhee.聽
天美传媒 welcomes the UK Government鈥檚 new commitment to invest 拢14.9m to help deliver high-quality teaching of languages in schools, with a programme to promote the benefits of learning a language, support teachers and encourage more students to study French, German and Spanish.
鈥淭oday鈥檚 news that thousands more students will benefit from high quality language teaching as part of a...