If you’re interested in working in translations you might have heard some people mention or confuse translations with transcriptions. These two words might sound oddly similar, but they actually don’t have much in common.

How important is our choice of words? A study of 40 million tweets reveals the true nature of being Canadian. So, are Canadians nicer than Americans? It would be nice to think so. But our tweets tell us only that we are happier. And that’s pretty nice, too.

We can wonder about what others are thinking or feeling without ever hearing them say a word. My toddler holds an empty ice cream cone, looking despondently at a melting ball of goo on the ground. It is obvious that she is sad she lost her treat. An orangutan brushes his head with a leaf, then hands the leaf to a human caregiver.

The Oxford Word of the Year 2018 is… toxic. The adjective toxic is defined as ‘poisonous’ and first appeared in English in the mid-seventeenth century from the medieval Latin toxicus, meaning ‘poisoned’ or ‘imbued with poison’. But the word’s deadly history doesn’t start there. The medieval Latin term was in turn borrowed from the Latin toxicum, meaning ‘poison’, which has its origins in the Greek toxikon pharmakon – lethal poison used by the ancient Greeks for smearing on the points of their arrows.

Businesses that do business internationally need to work with individuals and organizations who speak a diverse range of languages. If you want to grow your presence abroad, it’s important to appreciate the key languages used by your target demographic. This will help you tailor your written and spoken material to new audiences.

Tablets from some of the world’s oldest civilisations hold rich details about life thousands of years ago, but few people today can read them. New technology is helping to unlock them.

Ivery weekend, ye’ll find me at mercats in Embra, sellin ma airt. Whilst it’s hoo ah earn a livin, ah didnae choose tae mak airt celebratin Scotland’s culture, language an history as a money makker…

It feels selfish to fret – it’s the other person who is suffering – but agonising over what to say to a friend in need can be incredibly anxiety provoking. If you want to be supportive (and not make matters worse), what are the right words to say to someone who has experienced a relationship break-up, for instance, or lost their job?

The word, which is increasingly applied to nonphysical things, beat out others, including “gaslighting,” “incel” and “techlash.”

Scientists seek evidence for Neanderthal language from fossils, artifacts and DNA.

A language teacher ruffles feathers among leading TV personalities with a popular YouTube channel relentlessly nitpicking at grammatical blunders.

By Emma Young. This is the first demonstration that language affects whether we consciously perceive a stimulus or not.

Hannah Jenkins survived a cycling accident - but woke up no longer being able to understand English.

Hamdia Ahmed said she felt the Dunkin' employee was discriminating against her and her family for speaking Somali

When Jews fled Spain during the Inquisition, they carried their language with them. Today, Ladino reflects the trajectories of the Sephardic Jewish diaspora, but can it survive?

Their desire for avoidance is a predisposition so common that it’s become hard-baked into Finnish culture.

Why one syllable spoken at different pitches can have seven meanings

How much do you really need to say to put a sentence together?

Practiced since as long as Hawaiians can remember, hoʻoponopono is necessary on an island where space and resources are limited and the community is key to survival.