When learning a new language, you might come across some words that look familiar because of a similarity to words in your native tongue. So, these words will be easy to remember, right? Unfortunately, in most cases, the answer will be no. While the spelling … [Read more...]
The Language of Football
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup happening right now, football is the subject of conversations worldwide. Every nation has its own expressions and you don’t have to be a passionate football fan to understand them. Some football idioms have become part of everyday … [Read more...]
Preparing to go global
Most people imagine that first you build your business in the local market, then take it national and finally global. However, the Translation Challenge’s first sponsor had a very different experience! Jane Malyon launched the English Cream Tea Company and … [Read more...]
Doing business in another country
The German language can be confusing for both, native and non-native Germans. There are three different genders (feminine, masculine, and neutral), endless compound nouns, four grammatical cases, various ways to construct a plural, a certain word order, umlauts and … [Read more...]
Linguistic gymnastics
If your school English lessons are lost in the mists of time you probably know what grammar is all about, but what about syntax, semantics, synonyms, antonyms, rhetoric, not to mention punctuation? Even people who are good at English struggle with some of these … [Read more...]
