Google is redesigning Translate for discoverability, not accuracy, and adding a page that explains how statistical machine translation actually works.
Three-quarters of UK students skipped French GCSE this year and German entries fell 4.5%. The 2004 decision to make languages optional is still doing damage.
VisitBritain told hoteliers not to thank Chinese guests for compliments. Behind the tip sheet sits a serious point about high and low context cultures.
Rio state has put eight linguists on a public phone line to answer questions on accents, syntax and agreement. The anxiety behind the service is the real story.
Helsinki startup XIHA offered content in 56 languages and, unlike LinkedIn, paid its translators. The premise outlived the platform.
Haryana Agricultural University will require overseas students to study Hindi. In India, a language mandate is never just an educational decision.
Stephen Pax Leonard will live a year with the Inughuit to record Inuktun, an undocumented language with about 1,000 speakers and a thinning sheet of ice.
Vietnam’s growth is reshaping demand for Vietnamese translation services, and the agencies still using diaspora reviewers are quietly losing the market.