Interesting facts about?Icelandic!

On 7 August 2019   /   News   /   Leave a comment
Interesting facts about?Icelandic!

There are many interesting languages across the globe, but Icelandic stands out when it comes to languages spoken in Europe. Historically, it was the westernmost Indo-European language until the 14th century! It is still a rather mysterious language as well as culture. Let us take a look at some of the interesting facts about Icelandic! ?did you know? Icelandic is a North Germanic language, further categorised as Insular Nordic, closely related to Faroese. Even though it belongs to the same language family as German and English, it is probably the farthest German language from those two. It is spoken by over 300 000 persons inhabiting Iceland as well as several thousand in Denmark, USA and Canada. Nearly all citizens declare this language as their mother tongue. The Icelandic Language Day is celebrated on 16 November. It is also the birthday of a prominent poet and naturalist, Jónas Hallgrímsson. His actions contributed

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Pronunciation dictionaries that can boost your learning

On 31 July 2019   /   News   /   Leave a comment
Pronunciation dictionaries that can boost your learning

Learning a language is a multilayered phenomenon, with mastering the pronunciation as one of the elements of this process. Languages may share the alphabet, but they differ in producing the sounds ascribed to each letter or combination of letters. Grasping the proper way of pronouncing words proves whether you are an attentive student and a person striving for a near-native command of a language. Pronunciation dictionaries are a very underestimated tool that can assist you in achieving this goal. We gathered three titles that you may find very useful while practising your pronunciation. https://howjsay.com/ This online pronunciation dictionary is a very useful tool for those who learn better from audio materials. All you need to do it type in a word you want to research and choose the entry you are interested in. Recordings by native speakers will be played, marking the differences in pronunciation that depend on, e.g., grammatical

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The challenge of technical translation

On 26 June 2019   /   News, Translations News   /   Leave a comment
The challenge of technical translation

Technical translation may pose a challenge for professional translators. In order to receive the best outcome, there are lots of strategies available for us, which are to be presented in the following article. What to do When facing a technical translation, there are a few solutions we may come up with. One of them, with the most long-lasting effect, is education within the given technical field. Philology graduates might consider this idea, as it would give them the skills necessary for providing translations the target needs, and, perhaps, allow for increasing the rate due to the high level of translations they can provide. However, we are not always in a position to make such big changes, which is why there are other strategies to come. Another idea worth applying is the use of technical dictionaries. As we know, the Internet provides us with online dictionaries, yet not all of us

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