World Cup 2018 fever has well and truly kicked off. And, with the games about to get underway, there’s no better time than now to scrub up on the lingo you’ll need to survive this year’s World Cup tournament.
J.K. Rowling has gifted us with one of the most iconic book series since Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter is taught at university and is a staple of every child’s (and a lot of od adults’) bookshelf. It is a coming of age tale like no other and every generation since millennials at least…
Germans are known for being punctual, efficient and direct. Some even say we don’t have any sense of humour (which is not true by the way). As a nation, we like to travel, drink beer and football. When it comes to our language, people often describe the sound of German as harsh and unpleasant, almost…
A lot of countries dub movies. We Germans do it, the Spanish speaking world does it and a lot of other nations do it as well. There’s no shame in that. Alright, maybe the Scandinavians, who don’t do it, have a better English pronunciation in middle school than the average German college student, but that’s…
English may be known and spoken all around the world but did you know it’s not one language at all? There are several variations and different forms of modern-day English, from Australian to Canadian to Indian and Irish. However, the undisputable most important differentiation is the one between British English (BE) and American English (AE).
In our globalised world, language eventually made it to the big screen. Although English is commonly spoken and accepted as an international means of communication, there are more than 7,000 languages worldwide. This gives plenty of opportunity for directors, producers, and artists to explore the cinematographic potential of language and introduce translation and interpreting to…
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