The Netflix fail: why subtitles are currently such a hot topic Table of contents The Netflix fail: why subtitles are currently such a hot...

The Yorkshire Ripper Hoax We recently explored the role of forensic linguistics in assisting criminal investigations and in securing...

Skopos Theory, emphasizes that the purpose of a translation should guide the translation process.

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Dynamic equivalence in translation In his book Toward a Science of Translating, published in 1964, the American linguist Eugene Nida...

Shakespeare, parlour games and kids – the history of knock-knock jokes Guaranteed to inspire many giggles, knock-knock jokes are firm...

Why Linguistic Quality Assurance Matters Poor quality translations can cause considerable embarrassment to any brand and are unlikely to...

Why do puns make us smile – or roll our eyes? Like football, politics and savoury spreads made of yeast extract, puns divide opinion. For...

Fozzbonkling nonsense words that excite your simploncs All languages evolve across the ages, with new words being added every year and...

Infamous and hilarious translation disasters Translation is an art, a science and a minefield! Get it right and nobody notices. Get it...

Are there any English speaking EU countries? Until the 1990s, French was the dominant language of the EU. But new countries continued to...

Sandwiches and silhouettes – famous eponyms are everywhere An eponym is a word that is derived from the proper name of a real or...

Prophetic names – the wonderful world of aptronyms Personal names can be so damn funny, can’t they? It’s impossible not to laugh when you...

Meet Tanjiro Kamado If you’re not familiar with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba yet, trends suggest that you soon will be. Set in Japan’s...

The problem with English plurals English grammar is complex, contradictory and downright confusing! There are many aspects of the...

The language of the Euros – football clichés in all their glory International football tournaments are always exciting prospects for...

Internationalisation in DITA (and how to deal with Japanese index terms) Companies generate enormous amounts of data and technical...

Motivating monikers: why job titles matter You will spend a huge proportion of your life at work. The nature of that work is inevitably...

All about spoonerisms Sometimes your brain can get way ahead of your mouth. When your tongue and mouth are struggling to keep up with...

Commonly misunderstood and misused English words English boasts a huge vocabulary in comparison with many languages. When there are...