Conference, Today, Europe celebrates the 10th Annual European Day of Languages, a European Union initiative to appreciate linguistic diversity in Europe and promote language learning. You might think it a bit of an anorak subject, and perhaps it is, but as a trainee interpreter of French and Spanish, it’s my anorak subject. Britain cannot afford [...]
A simple little dictionary with the hot topics in politics at the moment, so beginners can look slightly more informed. This could be an updated yearly thing, so enjoy it. If you can think of better ones, please post them in the comments! A is for… Afghanistan NATO forces are fighting insurgents in Afghanistan with [...]
Bulgaria has begun parliamentary proceedings for staging a referendum on whether public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) should continue a special daily news bulletin in Turkish. In a move which resembles the recent ban on Minarets in Switzerland, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boiko Borissov, and his ruling party GERB have publicly endorsed the campaign launched [...]
Having been educated for almost all of my life so far, with a little way still to go, Education is and always has been the cornerstone of my life. I find the debate too focused on teachers and parents as if it were a manufacturing industry where the teachers toil tirelessly on the production line [...]
As time runs out for the by-election, with polling day tomorrow (they do it on Sundays in France rather than Thursdays), I’ll share this little experience with you: In English, the word “after-noon” is comprised of two words, “after” and “noon”. In French it is exactly the same, “apres-midi”. Though linguistically it means the same, culturally they are very [...]
