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TED.com Open Translation Project - subtitles in 40 languages

I have many favorite TED.com lecturers, but I'd say my #1 favourite would have to be Harvard neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight. EXCERPT from the latest TED.com Press Release: “We’re excited to...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 29 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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The “English Teacher” is a Thriving Species in France

The English Teacher (teacharium anglesius) is a species which has existed for hundreds of years now, and its habitat has expanded to cover much of the globe. It can be compared to the ant, or maybe the fly, in that...

opinion by Fripouille | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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Radio France Internationale protests job cuts-Photo-01

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Radio France Internationale protests job cuts

Staff from Radio France Internationale went on strike on Thursday to protest the French government's decision to cut more than 200 jobs or 25% of the workforce. RFI's language services will suffer, with six...

created by Dan Finnan | 45 wks ago
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Video Game to Save Indigenous Languages:

The Cherokee people have only 8,000 fluent speakers currently and in an effort to save their language and other languages that are disappearing they developed a video game called "Rez World" in which their will be at least 12 level all of them dedicated to teaching the gamer...

created by Cafegurl | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Your Fingertips -- Micro Tech Hubs of the Future

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Your Fingertips -- Micro Tech Hubs of the Future

"An amazing concept coming out of the Design Incubation Centre is the Touch Hear. In effect, a computer is implanted, glued or bonded onto a fingertip and ear which could then decipher foreign languages, look up...

created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Arab student 'kicked to death in racists' attack'

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Arab student 'kicked to death in racists' attack'

A great young man, had barely been in the country five weeks and was due to return home this coming weekend die in vain on England soil." Mohammed Al Majed, 16, who was learning English at a summer school, was ...

created by renovatio | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Celtic League - Languages Declaration call at UN

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Celtic League - Languages Declaration call at UN

From the Celtic League: LANGUAGES DECLARATION CALL AT UNThe General Secretary of the Celtic League has added his voice tocalls which will be made at the United Nations this week to promotethe Universal Declaration...

created by CelticNews | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Scotland/Alba - BBC - More support for dedicated Scottish news service

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Scotland/Alba - BBC - More support for dedicated Scottish news service

The third report from the Scottish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) setup to investigate the state of television production and broadcastingin Scotland, was published last week. The report, titled 'InterimReport of...

created by CelticNews | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Mixed messages from French national Assembly on minority languages

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Mixed messages from French national Assembly on minority languages

The status of the Breton language took an unusual turn last Thursday(22nd May), as a proposed amendment to the French Constitution wasvoted for by the French National Assembly in Paris.The amendment states that...

created by CelticNews | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Welsh Government set the agenda on Language rights

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Welsh Government set the agenda on Language rights

Even before the first ever debate is held in the French Parliamentthis Wednesday about the languages of the French state, Plaid Cymruhave announced that they are preparing to bid for an extension ofthe range of...

created by CelticNews | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Paddington Bear is back 50 years on

I love Paddington Bear, and I still have all the books on tape that I used to listen to as a child to help me get to sleep. It has been 50 years since Michael Bond asked people to 'please look after this bear'....

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Yahoo Launches Video On Flickr

Flickr has now added a video feature to the site."Flickr members can now upload video to the popular photo-sharing site.Yahoo launched video-sharing this week. Flickr boasts 42 million visitors a month. The...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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BC has highest use of non-official languages at work

"In 2006, employment rates for both immigrants and Canadian born increased from those of 2001. The census also shows that BC remains to be the province with highest use of languages other than English or French at work."

created by ogagator | 1 year ago
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CHAMILA PRIYADARSHANI EDIRISINGHA BECOMES A LANGUAGE TEACHER

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CHAMILA PRIYADARSHANI EDIRISINGHA BECOMES A LANGUAGE TEACHER

"I was born in Mahavilachchiya, a remote village about 40 km away from Anuradhapura city, situated about 230 km of Colombo, Sri Lanka as the eldest daughter in farming family. I had most of my primary education...

created by wanni77 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Marvel joins forces with UN for comic book

Picture it: Spiderman and the X-Men are battling an international foe responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. They can't do it alone, so they call upon...the United Nations? Well, yes--at least, that's...

created by Kaitlin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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