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EPiServer North American Partner Summit

Globalization Partners International was a Silver Sponsor at the recent 2013 EPiServer North American Partner Summit in Chicago at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago. It was a great event and I had...

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Guess the Idiom (multilingual)

Article brought to you by http://inboxtranslation.com - While on Twitter these days, I came across a resource with the strangest/funniest idioms in different languages and remembered a session during...

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Updating … A new version of your dictionary is now available

I was going to write about literally this week, after the recent fuss over the word’s meaning. But Michael Rundell has already shown clearly how literally has more than one meaning – like it or not –...

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Updating … A new version of your dictionary is now available

I was going to write about literally this week, after the recent fuss over the word’s meaning. But Michael Rundell has already shown clearly how literally has more than one meaning – like it or not –...

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Crossword: Nationalities

Last week's crossword was about Countries, so I thought I'd follow that up with one about Nationalities. You can download a PDF version (with solution) here, and an interactive web version which will...

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TOP 5 Polish personalities claimed by other nations too

In this part of Europe borders keep changing once in a while, different ethnicities interact one with another, nations rise and disappear. A couple of top Polish historic personalities whose heritage...

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TOP 5 polskich postaci, do których przyznają się też inne narody

W tej części Europy granice zmieniają się co jakiś czas, różne grupy etniczne oddziałują na siebie nazwajem, narody pojawiaja się i znikają. Kilkoro spośród najważniejszych polskich postaci...

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English Podcast 31: Life Club, Gringofobia e Parceria

Olá, amigos do English Experts! Vamos hoje para a segunda parte de nosso bate-papo com Analigia Martins gerente de marketing da Englishtown Brasil. Iniciamos falando sobre o Life Club Brazil e como...

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O que significa mean business?

O que significa mean business quando alguém diz “We mean business”? Se você quer saber mesmo o que isso quer dizer, continue lendo a dica. Mean business significa algo como “falar sério”. Isso...

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Improve Your Spanish Accent: Essential Tips For Speaking Spanish Like A Native!

To speak Spanish like a native, pay close attention to the sounds, intonation, and pace of Spanish native speech. Acquire correct pronunciation and fluent speech by listening to native speakers and...

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POINTS OF DIFFERENCE - Eastern Panorama (registration) (blog)

POINTS OF DIFFERENCEEastern Panorama (registration) (blog)The baseline survey on Indian languages conducted by the People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) throws important light on the state of...

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What makes interdisciplinary work difficult

I just read "When physicists do linguistics." Yes, I'm late to the party. In my defense, it only just appeared in my twitter feed. This article by Ben Zimmer describes work published earlier this year,...

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1729 – Passagers japonais (Japan commuters)

Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Des douzaines de voyageurs japonais se sont joints pour aider une femme qui était tombée entre la … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :

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1730 – Un cœur en bonne santé (Healthy heart)

Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Les gens devraient prendre un petit déjeuner pour conserver un coeur en bonne santé, selon … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :

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1731 – Se souvenir des évènements (Remember events)

Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Les chimpanzés et les orang-outans ont été capables de se souvenir d’évènements passés si présentés … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :

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1732 – Historiquement bas (Historic low)

Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Le nombre de papillons en Angleterre est à un niveau historiquement bas, selon les défenseurs … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :

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1733 – Real Life French: bal musette !

Real life French Guide Welcome to your lesson of Real Life French. Each lesson we take a simple situation you may encounter in everyday life in France. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :~

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It doesn't get any better

Email from David Craig observes: Usually this phrase is used to mean there's no room for improvement.  In this case it's quite the opposite.  52 seconds in to this recap of yesterday's Cubs Nationals...

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Taking research out into the wild

Like others, we believe that science is a little bit WEIRD — much of research is based on a certain type of person, from a very specific social, cultural, and economic background (WEIRD stands for...

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JLPT BC 120 | Building up Reading

Last month, I said I was going to start reading Kazoku Geemu, but I got sidetracked for technical reasons. Apparently, you need a kindle device, or kindle for Android to read the eBook version (Kindle...

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