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North Carolina High School Offers Advanced Chinese Courses

Amanda Jennings — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:15:34 +0000

The Chinese program at Charlottesville high school in North Carolina has over eighty students enrolled this year. Even though some of the classes have the students sing Rebecca Black’s famous internet song “Friday,” the students are engaged in the material and eager to learn the complex language. Many of the students shuffle along to the […]

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Translations for YouTube Videos Now Immediately Available

Amanda Jennings — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:48:27 +0000

Whether you’re on YouTube watching a historically significant news video or a video of kittens in a box, it helps to know what the people in the clip are saying. YouTube gives us access to millions of videos from around the world, so we often find ourselves watching those in foreign languages. Instead of clicking […]

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Chinese Train Stations Undergo Translation Overhaul

Amanda Jennings — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:42:38 +0000

Currently in China, each train station offers an English and Chinese translation for each station location. That way, English-speaking travelers can make their way around more easily, and Chinese commuters can go about their day undisturbed. However, the Ministry of Railways has announced a major overhaul to this system. Instead of the two translations for […]

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Finnegan’s Wake Soon to be Available in Chinese

Amanda Jennings — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:59:32 +0000

Finnegan’s Wake, a novel by James Joyce, is considered one of the most difficult literary works in the English language. People find it difficult to read for a myriad of reasons, including a straying plot, idiosyncratic language, and strange portmanteaus. Some critics believe Joyce’s unique style for the work is supposed to imitate sleep and […]

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World Renowned Translator Dies at 94

Amanda Jennings — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:52:34 +0000

It’s easy to forget what an important role professional translators have in the history of language. Sharing stories and literary works between different cultures would not be possible without them, and we’d therefore miss out on many important pieces of global history. Some of the most widely read stories in the United States are actually […]

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Two Mistakes You Should Avoid on your Chinese Translation

Amanda Jennings — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:28:46 +0000

Creating a Chinese translation version of your company’s website is a brilliant idea. By creating a Chinese version, you are making your site accessibly to the most populous culture in the world. Of course, the reason that many businesses don’t go through with this process is that it’s not easy. There are many versions of […]

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Chinese Literature Translations Provide Inaccurate Representations

Amanda Jennings — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:39:13 +0000

When you read a new literary translation from another country, you can only assume that the piece is an accurate representation of culture in that society. For example, if someone from another culture were to read The Catcher in the Rye or The Great Gatsby, they’d get a relatively good idea about what our culture […]

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