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My favourite word in Hindi is ‘khargosh’: Daisy Rockwell

It took more than ten drafts and countless email exchanges between novelist Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell to produce a work of fiction like 'Tomb of Sand' (originally published in Hindi as 'Ret Samadhi') which went on to win the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022. A partition novel at…

The Times of India

'I've got a nine year streak on Duolingo but I'm still not fluent'

We've all started a New Years resolution only to fail a few weeks or months in - one man took his resolution to the next level with a nine year streak on Duolingo

Daily Mirror

Francophone online cinema festival on track to seduce global audience

The online French-language film festival, My French Film Festival, is back from 13 January to 13 February. Fans of French and francophone cinema can enjoy 29 features and short films on 70 partner platforms, including some that are unreleased in many countries. All films will be subtitled in 12 languages.

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First Thing: US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?

The Guardian - UK

Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas

Climate crisis could be the ‘nail in the coffin’ for half of languages spoken by the end of the century, say linguists, as coastal communities are forced to migrate

The Guardian - UK

Bizarre phrases riddle aid documents for Alaska Natives

Government officials say documents aimed at helping Alaska Natives apply for aid following typhoon damage last fall featured nonsensical phrases instead of useful instructions

The Independent UK

New South Wales launches online reporting for sexual assault survivors in a dozen languages

Distressed victims of sexual assault will now be able to make a report anonymously on a new online portal available in a dozen different languages.

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Supporting minority languages requires more than token gestures

In August 2022, Statistics Canada released the latest census data on languages in Canada. According to the data, over nine million people — or one in four Canadians — has a mother tongue other than English or French (a record high since the 1901 census).

The Conversation

When Prince Harry's book Spare is released, what he's doing with the profits and what to expect

The Duke of Sussex's tell-all memoir will be published in 16 languages

Manchester Evening News

Why the CDC is inviting travelers from China to swab their noses at LAX

LAX's arrivals area in the Tom Bradley International Terminal is now filling with the sounds of Mandarin, Cantonese, Hunanese and other languages as travelers from China seize the chance to enter the United States for the first time in nearly three years.

Los Angeles Times

How ‘love languages’ has been helping couples for 30 years

It’s a well-established therapeutic tool for allowing couples to make sense of each other, but now social media has given the idea of ‘love languages’ a real boost

The Guardian - UK

Primary schools to spend more time teaching foreign languages with religion time reduced in shake-up

The new framework is likely to be published by Minister for Education Norma Foley early in 2023, and sets out the planned structure and content of the next curriculum for primary schools

Irish Mirror

Alexandra Grant's new coffee table book examines what it means to be a civic artist

In 1980, artist Alexandra Grant, then 7 years old, and her mother set out in a red Chrysler LeBaron headed from Washington, D.C., to Mexico City. Her mother, formerly a professor at Oberlin College, was relocating the two of them so she could take a post as a foreign service…

Los Angeles Times

TMR 2022: Why do upper castes narrate most of our stories?

Have regional languages been abandoned? Why do the upper castes narrate most of our stories? Who chronicles the Northeast? Are narratives on marginalised communities authentic? Is the film industry any different from the news media?

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Indian Users May Get To Watch YouTube Videos In Multiple Languages Soon

The video-sharing platform announced at the 'Google for India' event that it is testing a new feature which lets the user switch audio tracks in a variety of languages, as per a report by US-based tech portal TechCrunch. Read on for details:

Reuters

Christmas comes early and bittersweet for Eastern Europe's Ukrainian refugees

Many of the millions of Ukrainian refugees in central and eastern Europe plan to mark Christmas early this year in solidarity with their hosts, learning carols in new languages to generate holiday cheer despite fears for relatives back home.

Reason

Vladimir v. Vladimir

The leaders of the two antagonists in the Russia-Ukrainian war share the same name, albeit with some differences to account for the different languages (Volodymyr / Vladimir). If you prefer, you can say that each name is the commonly accepted translation of the other. In what other wars can the…

Bangkok Post

Apple Music introduces redesigned replay experience, reveals top songs of 2022

This has been an exciting year in music with online streamers being exposed to new sounds, languages and genres, on Apple Music. Year-end charts show how Apple Music listeners are influential in making the year a memorable one. —for individuals and the community.

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A university chancellor apologized after mocking Asian languages in his speech

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon apologized for "offensive and insensitive" remarks he made onstage during a commencement ceremony.

The Conversation

A rare disease in the Top End affects muscles for speech. Here's how we're designing alternative ways to communicate in Yolŋu languages

Machado-Joseph-Disease (MJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects muscles in the body, including those required for speech. It is prevalent in some remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

The Independent UK

Iman reflects on photographer’s claim she was a ‘goat herder’ when he ‘discovered’ her

The supermodel says a photographer claimed she didn’t speak English, despite speaking English and four other languages

The Guardian - UK

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Other Lives: Professional teacher and amateur footballer who combined playing for England with teaching languages

The Guardian - UK

English is picking up brilliant new words from around the world – and that’s a gift

From ‘lepak’ to ‘deurmekaar’, terms borrowed from its 1.75 billion global speakers are enriching the language we share, says lexicographer Danica Salazar

The Conversation

Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia

Some people are surprised when they first hear about Australian Indigenous sign languages.

The Conversation

When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa

When did humans first begin to speak, which speech sounds were uttered first, and when did language evolve from those humble beginnings? These questions have long fascinated people, especially in tracing the evolution of modern humans and what makes us different from other animals. George Poulos has spent most of…

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