Tag: languages
Defending regional languages means defending a human right
The case did not make headlines; the defenders of freedom have not mobilized and, to my knowledge, BHL is not preparing any film on the subject. And yet… Last summer,…
What do migrations do to languages, and languages to migrations?
“It is in languages that everything is played out: exile, asylum, encounters, culture…“. With anthropologists, sociologists and sociolinguists, Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky conducted the survey for four years in migrant reception centers…
Lycksele opens for signs in several Sami languages
A language border between Ume Sami and Southern Sami has been discussed this year, hence the screwed down signs. Like other areas in Sami territory, Lycksele must have signs, not…
Decade of Indigenous Languages: great cause of UNESCO
On December 13, 2022, UNESCO officially launched its International Decade of Indigenous Languages. This ten-year event aims to draw global attention to the need to preserve indigenous languages around the…
Three languages disappear every month: how to explain it?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FREE? Click here In 2015, only 9 speakers of Tosu, a Tibeto-Burman language from China, remained. No need to be an expert…
Christmas song ‘Zes beautiful balls’ translated into nine different languages, maker now hopes for Utrecht version
There is now a number in Frisian, German, French, Spanish and Greek. There are also versions in the dialect, such as Central Limburgish. The songwriter hopes that there will be…
Literature: Polina Panassenko, between two languages, two countries, two identities
She was born Polina; in France, she becomes Pauline. A few letters and everything changes. When she arrived as a child in Saint-Étienne, the day after the fall of the…
The discrimination ombudsman on banning home languages in workplaces
After SVT reported on a site manager at a taxi company who demanded a total ban on speaking the home language during working hours, we spoke with Clas Lundstedt, press…
The surgeon who speaks nine languages has been an international role model in football – praise turned into criticism on the eve of the European Championship, when Nadia Nadim jumped on the Qatar bandwagon
Helmarit will face Denmark in their second match of the European Football Championship on Tuesday at 19:00. The broadcast on TV2 starts at 18:15 and on Puhee at 18:30. More…
A Meta AI translates 200 languages in real time
Meta has just developed an artificial intelligence capable of instantly translating 200 languages. An important step in creating a universal real-time translator that could have multiple uses. “Imagine visiting a…