The Spanish language and culture: Discovering the cultural weight this language carries The Spanish language and culture is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations, ranking Spanish as one of the most spoken languages in the world. Despite the millions of native Spanish speakers, each country has its official variant of the language primarily due to their different cultural backgrounds. The further you dive into a country’s dialect, the more sociolects you find. Curious to discover more interesting information about this language and its cultural background? Our August 2022 newsletter explores the Spanish and Hispanic influence as well as their dialects through articles and videos. Keep reading to uncover the differences between these two and the role of translation in all of this. Check out our blog posts, Varieties of Spanish Language in Spain and Hispanic Culture Around the World, and their take on the subject to learn more about this fascinating language. LingoStar is passionate about translations, languages, and cultures, and strives to always produce the best quality of work for its clients. Want to know more about this language and its culture? Click the link below. READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
The Dutch language: Discovering the Netherlands and its language Dutch, one of the frequent languages spoken worldwide, belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by millions of people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of four countries spread all over the planet. Are you interested in learning Dutch? Satisfy your curiosity and discover more interesting information about these countries in our July 2022 newsletter. To discover the role of translation in all of this and more, check out our blog posts on Dutch and Flemish: Language Differences and Dutch Translations in the Netherlands – What Is Happening to Dutch?. This newsletter casts an interesting light on articles and videos about the spoken tongue in the Netherlands, as well as its fascinating variants like the Flemish language. Discover the differences between these two, and much more! At LingoStar, we are passionate about translation and its challenges. This is why we prioritize quality of work and client satisfaction above all else. Want to know more about the Netherlands and their mother tongue? Visit the link below. READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
The World’s Most Spoken Languages It is undeniable that we live in a multilingual world. Have you ever looked up the statistics on the world’s most-spoken languages? At LingoStar, we love being in touch with different languages, so we’ve decided to dedicate this newsletter to the most spoken and studied languages around the world. If you want to expand your knowledge and learn interesting facts about languages, read this newsletter. You will discover that French is the only language spoken on five continents! Also, discover the role of translation in all of this. Check out our blog post called Languages Around the World. In this newsletter, you will find articles and videos about languages that will be increasingly important in the future, and why language skills are critical to success here in Canada! At LingoStar, we are passionate about translation and its challenges. That’s why we always strive to produce the best translations for our clients. Want to know more? READ THIS NEWSLETTER >> ...
Travel and Translation – Discovering New Traditions Who doesn’t love to travel? Travelling and translating is a way to meet new people and cultures all over the world. But it is important that we adapt to the customs in certain situations. It’s not always easy, and it can turn your world upside down. Some cultures can be very different from ours: what may seem normal to one culture may seem extraordinary to another. Since we at LingoStar love languages and exploring the world, this month’s newsletter focuses on travel and translation. Read on to discover what role translation plays in all of this. Check out our blog post called Travel and Translation: Two Different Ways To Meet New Cultures. It’s very interesting and you’ll learn a lot about these two topics. If you’re even more curious, check out the May 2022 newsletter that we’ve dedicated to this fascinating topic. The newsletter focuses on the challenges translators face when translating Japanese documents with notable cultural differences while trying to maintain meaning in the target language. You’ll also find interesting articles and videos about the experiences of travellers like Rick Steves, who has been living out of a suitcase, travelling, translating, and more, for 4 months of the year for the past 30 years! At LingoStar, we are passionate about translation and its challenges. That’s why we always strive to produce the best translations for our clients. Want to know more about the connection between travelling and translating, languages, and cultures? READ THIS NEWSLETTER >> ...
New Words and New Beginnings – What Are Neologisms? Spring is in full bloom, bringing with it new beginnings: a new season, new goals, and many plans. Language is another area where newness occurs. The vocabulary of any language is often enriched with new words, commonly known as neologisms. In this newsletter, we will look at new beginnings and new plans, but also new words, and we will discuss how weather conditions affect not only our mood but also the way we speak. If you are interested in these topics and would also like to learn more about cultural traditions related to Easter and April celebrations, this newsletter is for you. In particular, we focused on the challenges that translators face when translating neologisms. If you want to find out more about the creation of new words, read our blog post about neologisms >>. At LingoStar, we are passionate about translation and its challenges. That is why we always strive to produce the best translations for our clients. Want to learn more about the relationship between new words and translation? READ THIS NEWSLETTER >>...
Food and Language – What is the connection? Food is a vital part of life, and so is the language we speak. We all need food, it is fuel for our body, and it gives us energy and powers our runs. But food is also part of our language, our culture, and our identity. Food represents what we are, if it is true that we are what we eat. Hence the relationship between food and translation. As we all know, language and culture are intrinsically related. Since food is part of our culture and life, it is unavoidable that translating the language of food will represent a hurdle for translators. This is true not just for food, but also for any culture-related elements. To overcome this hurdle, translators have different translation techniques at their disposal. For this reason, we have dedicated this month’s newsletter to the challenges that translators have to tackle when translating food-related documents, such as recipes, menus, or idiomatic expressions. You’ll find an interesting blog post on this topic in our January newsletter. At LingoStar, we are passionate about translation and its challenges. That’s why we always try to produce the best translations for our clients. Want to know more about the connection between food, culture and translation? READ THIS NEWSLETTER >>...
December has arrived and this can only mean one thing: Christmas is in the air! We’re all feeling that warm and bright atmosphere typically present during this period and, of course, we’re all busy sorting out Christmas presents. Over the years, it’s become increasingly common to see AI under the Christmas tree. Indeed, the more time passes, the more children ask for technology-related presents in their letters. Nowadays, toys speak, sing and even walk! Dolls look more and more like real babies; they can drink milk, sigh and even cry. Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly present in our lives and is being used to create appealing toys for children. For this reason, we’ve dedicated this month’s newsletter to artificial intelligence. At LingoStar, we always try to produce the best translations for our clients and it’s interesting to see how artificial intelligence is changing the world of translation. As you will read in our blog post, it’s easy to see how agencies use AI in their translations, especially when they need a text translated in little time. However, speed is not always synonymous with efficiency! In addition to celebrating a few favourite international days, our newsletter contains interesting material about how AI is present under the Christmas tree and how it is affecting the field of translation, especially in subtitling and dubbing. Read our newsletter to know more! READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
Hispanic Heritage Month and Halloween Time – October Newsletter October was Halloween month, but also Hispanic Heritage Month in Canada. It was therefore only natural for us – and great fun too! – to feature lots of interesting articles and news to celebrate these two events in our October newsletter. Halloween is a spooky festivity that many people around the world enjoy. As translators, we love to see how Halloween has brought new words and expressions into our language. In particular, in our blog post, we’ve analyzed the existing relationship between Halloween, religion and language. It’s fascinating to see how language is so flexible that it can be adapted to a multitude of applications such as religious language. As for Hispanic Heritage Month, this special occasion celebrates the fundamental contributions of Hispanics to the U.S. and Canada. In our newsletter, you will find articles and videos about Hispanic people who brought their contributions to America. Finally, at LingoStar, we’re always ready to take on new challenges. Take a look at our newsletter to find out about some of the projects we’ve been working on! Read on to find out more about Halloween and language facts from around the world! READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
Language Teaching: Learn how translation is helping – September Newsletter In September schools re-open in many countries after summer holidays. For teachers, this means thinking of new approaches and methods to make their teaching style more appealing. One of the subjects that requires a lot of thinking about is foreign language teaching and the role of translation. Have you ever wondered how teachers choose an approach to teach a foreign language? As you will read in our blog post, a lot of different approaches and methods have been used over the years. However, it is important to highlight that there is no right or wrong method to teach a language because every student is unique in his or her own learning style. Therefore, we can use different approaches. An important discussion about this teaching process is whether it is necessary to use translation. The grammar-translation method considered translation a useful tool to use. However, teachers haven’t always seen the use of L1 (native language) in foreign-language classes in a good light. Nevertheless, L1 usefulness has been revalued and today translation is a really valuable tool used when teaching a foreign language. In our September newsletter, you will find out more about this topic. Furthermore, at LingoStar we celebrate countries and their cultures each month. This time, we virtually travelled to Portugal, Greece, and Guyana. Read on to know more! READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
Ecolinguistics: How translation is helping fight climate change – August Newsletter Do you know that a language dies out every 14 days? And climate change is not helping. But how can language loss and climate loss be connected? August has been such a hot month with lots of fires and storms taking place in the world because of the planet heating up. But global warming is only one aspect of climate change. Despite the many events about the environment to raise people’s awareness, there is still a lot to do. The main issue is the lack of effective communication about the climate changes we are dealing with. Sometimes, we take the words we use to communicate for granted, but in some situations, choosing our words carefully is crucial. We just need to think about Africa, as you will read in our blog post, where little is being done to fight climate change. Moreover, people don’t speak English, leading to a lack of awareness of environmental issues. Therefore, translation has an essential role in helping people understand the meaning of global warming. In this newsletter, you will also find out about ecolinguistics, a branch of linguistics that explores the relationship between the language of a community and its environment. Furthermore, at LingoStar we celebrate various countries and their cultures each month. In August, we celebrated Argentine and Australian curiosities. READ THIS NEWSLETTER...
