By Sarah-Claire Jordan Igbo is the language of the Igbo ethnic group found in the southeastern region of Nigeria. The large majority of Igbo speakers are ethnically Igbo as well, and Nigeria is where most call home. Though there probably was at one time a specific script used for writing Igbo, the British brought with […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Unless you have lived for some time in India or are from there, you probably have never heard of Kannada, one of India’s 120 or so major languages. It is also known as “Kanarese” or “Canarese”, and is the language of the Kannada people of South India. They are found mostly in […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Portuguese may not be as widely-spoken as Spanish, English, and some of the other popular languages of the world, but it is spoken by over 200 million people around the world. Its influence goes beyond just Portugal and Brazil, however, as it is also spoken as an official language in Cape Verde, […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Before we can delve into what it is to translate English into Nepali, we should take a look at what the Nepali language is like. Nepali is part of the Indo-Aryan language family, and acts as both the official language and the lingua franca of the country of Nepal. However, it is […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Indonesian, also known as Bahasa Indonesia, is an Austronesian language, specifically part of the Malayo-Polynesian family. It is the official language of Indonesia, but is spoken in Australia, Singapore, the U.S., and other countries. Indonesian is actually a standardized form of Malay that has been used for centuries by the people living […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan With all that is going on in and around Turkey, it would make sense that we would see an increase in the demand for translations from Turkish into other languages. Turkish itself is mutually intelligible with many other Turkic languages, but the majority of the population still speaks Turkish. This means most […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan An official language in three countries and native to ten nations total, Turkish is the most widely-spoken of the Turkic languages. The other languages in that family include Azerbaijani, Qashqai, Turkmen, and some 30 others, all living, that are spoken from Eastern Europe all the way to Siberia. Turkish, however, is the […]
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Iran is not generally a country people think of when discussing international trade and business. Due to its tumultuous political history as recent as the 1970s, trade and business sanctions were placed on Iran that, until recently, prevented many companies and businesses from doing business with the second-largest economy in the Middle […]
