How does Google Translate work?Whether for a French assignment at school or to order a coffee in a touristic trip to Italy, you probably heard and used Google Translate at least once before. Although it’s notorious for being not the highest-quality translation tool in the game, it has become the internet’s go-to source for translations over the … [Read more...]
7 Easter Traditions from Around the World
Each country has a different history, a different culture and thus – different traditions. While these traditions make everyday life so colorful, they can also be very confusing to outsiders sometimes. One of the best representations of culture is the holiday celebrations and since it’s Easter already, we thought we can dive deep into the amazing … [Read more...]
Choose to Challenge! International Women’s Day 2021
Choose to Challenge!International Women’s Day 2021The 8th of March is celebrated as International Women’s Day throughout the world and the theme this year is “Choose to Challenge”.The aim of this theme is, quoting the internationalwomensday.com, “A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let's all choose to challenge. … [Read more...]
The Challenges with Translating Japanese
It is fair to say that Japanese is one of the hardest languages to translate – especially into English. There are many challenges with translating Japanese into English. There are many aspects to Japanese language that make it a complete mystery to English speakers. It is a complex task to execute translations perfectly in this language pair which … [Read more...]
What is SCORM?
SCORM is a term you can come across frequently in the e-learning industry. It has an interesting history too.The Zip file, which is SCORM compatible, is also referred to as “Package Interchange Format”, in short PIF. But let’s not overcrowd ourselves with technical terms. When we first heard about the term SCORM, we needed to do some research to … [Read more...]
Chinese New Year 2021 – Year of the Ox
It will be Chinese New Year on 12th February 2021 – and you can be forgiven for thinking this festival was in January as it’s what can be described as a ‘movable feast’. Chinese New Year (or The Spring Festival) is based on a lunar calendar (13 months based on the phases of the moon). Trying to work it out with our familiar solar calendar is almost … [Read more...]
