by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 26, 2013 | Foreign Language
Any image of the Ice Age gives us a wizened earth, barren and stony, abdicated to the powerful and relentless freezing of the poles. A few of these glaciers, silently introduced between high and mighty cliffs where lies modern day Scandinavia, would alter the...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 20, 2013 | Foreign Language
Where were you born? Where do you live now? I was born in Poland. I moved to England in 2010. Where did you go to school? (High school/university/special institute/other training?) Do you have any industry or topical training that you bring to your translation work?...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 19, 2013 | Foreign Language
During Roman conquest the Latin language became widespread in the region that includes present-day Europe and the Mediterranean basin, and so overlapped pre-existing languages, called substrata languages. This dominance was to be tested by subsequent barbarian...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 15, 2013 | Foreign Language
Archipelagos reserve interesting anthropological surprises. One such surprise is the existence of a distinct minority group living in Japan, a society known for its hegemony. They are called Ainu, number around 15,000 and occupy, for the most part, Hokkaido, a...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Oct 31, 2013 | Foreign Language
Traveling in Brazil along the 15th parallel is no easy business. From the coastline, the country’s capital, Brasilia, is a whole 24 hours in bus. Add another 10 hours and the bus may reach the rude landscape surrounding the bustling Rondonópolis in Brazil’s Mato...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Oct 18, 2013 | Foreign Language
The Pyrenees mountains between metropoles Barcelona and Bordeaux, Toulouse and Bilbao, are quite modern, juggling tourists, pilgrims, winter athletes, and the principality of Andorra between its peaks. However, the spotlight over this region has exposed in the...