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Japanese-to-English Translation Issues

Japanese-to-English Translation Issues

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Japan is, and has been, a country of fast-growing businesses and technological advances. Think about how many things you use everyday that were probably made, or at least developed or designed, in Japan. This means that a lot of translators had to be employed in order to get those products and information […]

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Translating Audio Into Chinese

Translating Audio Into Chinese

By Sarah-Claire Jordan China and other Chinese-speaking areas, like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, are huge centers for international businesses and investments in general. The Chinese-speaking market in the world is an untapped source of a huge amount of business for many companies, and they want to see what they should do in order to […]

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Controversy in Hong Kong Over Simplified Chinese

Controversy in Hong Kong Over Simplified Chinese

[ 0 ] March 31, 2016 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Hong Kong has long had a culture distinct from that of mainland China, but something has happened recently that has made something come bubbling up to the surface. On a Hong Kong news channel, TVB, subtitles for a news show in Mandarin Chinese were not in the usual traditional Chinese and were instead […]

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Three Things You Didn’t Know About Mandarin Chinese

Three Things You Didn’t Know About Mandarin Chinese

[ 0 ] March 16, 2016 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Mandarin Chinese is probably what most of us think of when we think about what language is spoken in the world’s largest country in terms of population. As a country, the U.S. has also been exposed to Cantonese, but Mandarin continues to be a synonym for the Chinese language, though there is […]

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Singlish, A Singaporean Creole Language

Singlish, A Singaporean Creole Language

[ 0 ] February 25, 2016 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Singapore is a fascinating place, simply due to the fact that is one of three surviving city-states in the world and the only island city-state. It is also famous for being a sort of meeting point for a variety of different cultures, namely Malay, Chinese, and Indian. Singapore was colonized by Britain […]

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Four Things You Didn’t Know About Korean

Four Things You Didn’t Know About Korean

[ 0 ] January 19, 2016 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan With all of the political turmoil going on between the U.S. and North Korea, the country and its southern counterpart have become part of the American consciousness. In terms of entertainment, music and TV shows made in South Korea have become increasingly popular outside of the country, including in the U.S. With […]

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Khmer: The Language of Cambodia

Khmer: The Language of Cambodia

[ 0 ] December 23, 2015 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Bordering Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia is a fascinating country with a rich history. It was once the home to the great Khmer Empire and has amazing architecture, usually in the form of Buddhist temples. More than 90% of the population practices a specific branch of Buddhism, and Khmer, or Cambodian, is the […]

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Four Things You Didn’t Know About Vietnamese

Four Things You Didn’t Know About Vietnamese

[ 0 ] December 23, 2015 |

By Sarah-Claire Jordan Other than being the national and official language of the country called Vietnam, a lot of people, particularly outside of Asia, don’t know very much about Vietnamese. It tends to be overshadowed by Japanese, Korean, and the many dialects of Chinese that are spoken by so many people in neighboring regions. However, […]

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