by Libby Mimnagh | Aug 21, 2019 | Languages
Most English speakers aren’t very knowledgeable about tonal languages, as English itself is a non- tonal language. A non-tonal language simply means that, although tone might convey some emotional information about the speaker, tone does not indicate anything about...
by Libby Mimnagh | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
There are a lot of words in the English Language (over 170,000 words in the English dictionary alone, which doesn’t take into account things like slang and jargon) so it’s understandable that the average English speaker only knows between 20,000 and 35,000...
by Libby Mimnagh | Jul 17, 2019 | Accents and Dialects, Culture, Languages, linguistics
It is easy to forget just how much of an impact the language we speak has on our life. We take language for granted as our means of communication, but the language we speak actually has much more impact on our lives than most of us realise. Would it surprise you to...
by itltranslations | Jul 3, 2019 | Languages
This week we are lucky to have a fantastic work experience student with us, who has written the following guest blog to give an insight into what language learning at school is like! Without further ado, here is Grace explaining what language learning is like as a...
by Libby Mimnagh | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
We often think of Slang as something modern and trendy, but in reality, slang has likely been around as long as language itself! In some cases, slang phrases we might consider ‘modern’ have actually been around for hundreds of years! Take...
by Libby Mimnagh | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
Language is old. We don’t tend to give much thought to how or why, or even who invented the words we use today, and even if we did, there is definitely no single person responsible for the creation of all the words in our vocabulary. However, some of the words we use...
by itltranslations | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorised
Throughout history right up until the present day, there are tales of translators and interpreters who have suffered for their art. William Tyndale is one of the most well-known examples from history. A scholar fluent in 8 languages, Tyndale translated the Bible...
by Libby Mimnagh | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
The answer to this question, sadly, is a resounding yes. The process even has a name; ‘language attrition’ and is defined as the process of losing a native, or first language. This loss is generally due to isolation from other speakers of your native language, i.e...
by itltranslations | May 22, 2019 | Languages
In this weeks blog, we wanted to explore the notion of Language Deprivation Experiments. These experiments have been recorded several times throughout history, and consist of isolating infants from any form of language (spoken or signed), to gather information about...
by itltranslations | May 15, 2019 | Business, Translation
We’ve got some exciting news to share in lieu of this week’s blog: International Translations Limited have moved office! As of Monday 13th May, we are officially Liverpool residents once again! We’re very excited to have moved back to our roots, having started up in...
by Libby Mimnagh | May 8, 2019 | Google Translate, Technology, Translation
The extremely complex nature of language often causes great difficulty when translation is required. This blog will discuss the 3 main areas which cause the most difficulty in translation, as described in great detail in this essay. It is worth noting that most of...
by Libby Mimnagh | May 1, 2019 | Interpreting, Languages, Translation
Our director was recently in Tallinn for an EUATC conference, and whilst she was there she attended a fundraising party for the organisation Translators without Borders. This really got us inspired to spread the word about the amazing work they do. Translators without...
