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Travel is a big part of going on holiday – some of us will take a flight to a faraway land, some will rent a car while abroad to have a bit more freedom, while others like to get into the spirit of things and join the locals on public transport. Hopefully the...

No one wants to be stuck behind a desk and a laptop when the sun is blazing outside. The allure of lazy summer days is tempting enough if you work in the UK, never mind France, Italy, Spain or Portugal… Which is precisely why during August – or...

Some TV shows end up being successful all over the world and this means that their titles need to be adapted to suit their new audiences. English idioms and expressions often can’t be translated into other languages; sometimes there just isn’t an...

Most of the world is by now familiar with Google Translate*. But Computer-Assisted Translation - or CAT, as its known in the industry - is something you may not have come across. While engines such as Google Translate are known as 'machine translation' tools, CAT...

Emoji. The word officially entered the English language in 2015. That shows how attached we've become to these amusing little expressions of sentiment. But when is it - and when is it not - appropriate to use them? And what are the risks of us getting it wrong? The...

Anyone who can speak another language or has had to translate from one language into another will have come across the question: 'Why can't we just use Google Translate instead?' - This is a question that frustrates a lot of translators as well as language learners....

Today we are introducing you to some of the most difficult languages in the world to learn for English native speakers- which one of these languages would you like to give a go? Japanese Linguists around the world confirm that Japanese is the hardest language to learn...

When you’re a Dutch person living abroad like myself, you realise how many idioms of the Dutch language sound absolutely ridiculous in English. I had to find out the hard way that the Dutch saying “an apple for when you’re thirsty” does not mean “a bit of money put...