Category: Travel and culture

Aboriginal languages: Maori   Think of New Zealand and you’ll probably picture beautiful landscapes, outdoor adventures, the All Blacks rugby team and perhaps a nice glass of chilled Sauvignon Blanc. These are certainly images that come to mind for me. I also think of the Māori people, their language and…

  In this series so far we have looked at the difficulties of the fields of medical and legal translation. Translating within the fields of marketing and media brings its own set of issues. As our readers should all be aware by now translation isn’t simply a case of replacing…

    Since February 2000, International Mother Language Day (IMLD) has been observed as a day to promote peace, multilingualism and cultural diversity. The day was introduced 16 years ago by UNESCO as a way to call on member states "to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used…

  Rosetta Translation offers many language services to people all over the world: translating and interpreting in to and out of many foreign languages. We pride ourselves in the quality of the work we provide our clients, and the standards of freelancers we work with on a daily basis. We…

  A couple of years ago we wrote about the European Day of Languages and what it was all about (read the article here) so I won’t repeat what has already been written. But as the 26th September approaches us once more, I thought it would be a good idea…

The apostrophe, that little hovering punctuation mark, is widely misused and misunderstood. Yet, it is so important that it has been given its own day in recognition; yes, the 15th August is officially the International Apostrophe Day, and we should all take time to appreciate the trusty apostrophe.  Its use…

On the 1st of July every year Canada Day is celebrated by the 36 million Canadians in Canada and around the world who call this vast land home.  Though the land we know as Canada today has been inhabited for many centuries by aboriginal people, the country called Canada is…

  You can learn the Korean alphabet in 1 day or less The Korean alphabet, or 한글 (Hangeul), was created during the 15th century by the court of King Sejong the Great, to help every Korean read and write the Korean language. Initially writing was the privilege of the elite…

It is always fascinating to my mum how I – a native French speaker living in London - am able to understand and speak a language that is not my own with apparent ease. She keeps asking me “how do you do that? You’re practically bilingual!” with a proud smile…

For some travellers, a phrasebook is the first item in their suitcase when they prepare for a trip to a foreign country, while, for others, learning to say ‘excuse me’ and ‘thank you’ in the target language is deemed a waste of time. Undoubtedly, the view one adopts will depend…