June 2006
The most common nouns in the English language
June 22, 2006
The most common noun in the English language is "time" "The thing that struck me when I put together this list was that 90% of the top 100 words were one syllable, and that a large proportion were actually from...
Folly
June 20, 2006
Can you see something odd in the photo below? Let’s get closer. You might think, from this distance, that this building could actually be useful in some way. Then you walk there (thanks Alison for the arty shot!) : And...
Guest blogger: Building multilingual websites
June 16, 2006
Building multilingual websites When building websites in multiple languages, you are faced with a variety of challenges. Translation is an important part of the process, though not the only one. Some of the things to consider are discussed below. Inputting...
Guaraní
June 9, 2006
What do cougar, toucan and jaguar have in common? Not much, apart from all being loanwords from Guaraní, Paraguay's second language (its first language being Spanish). "Paraguay" itself is a Guaraní word that means "place of great water", probably because...
Interpreting in Rouen
June 5, 2006
I spent most of last week interpreting in the beautiful city of Rouen. Actually, I hesitate to say that I was interpreting in the strictest sense of the word, since as well as interpreting during meetings and working dinners, I...