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Arabic Language Month
During the month of March, when you purchase any course, test, book, or Skype lesson in Arabic, you'll receive 10% off!
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With approximately 223 million speakers, Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world (Ethnologue). Arabic is one of the official languages of the United Nations and is spoken in 59 countries.
According to the Modern Language Association, Arabic is the 11th most spoken language in the United States with 615,000 speakers. Likewise, professional Arabic interpreters are in great demand, but in short supply.
Interpreter Education Online offers a number courses, books, and tests that contain exercises and terminology in Arabic to help prepare legal and medical interpreters for certification tests and assist professional interpreters to fulfill their continuing education requirements.
If you're an Arabic interpreter, or aspire to be one, you'll get 10% off* when you take a test, course, book, or Skype lesson in Arabic during the month of March at Interpreter Education Online.
*Promotional offer may only be used once and may not be combined with other discounts. Offer ends March 31st.
Interpreter Education Online
3141 Caniff St., Hamtramck, MI 48212
Phone (313) 481-4985
Fax (855) 225-3100
www.InterpreterEducationOnline.com
services@InterpreterEducationOnline.com
  
Skype - InterpreterEducationOnline
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YouTube announces paid professional translation option for videos
Looking to grow your YouTube following in non-English-speaking countries?
YouTube this week made it a little easier to get your video translated into another language, but you'll have to pay. The video sharing site announced it has teamed up with two vendors,Gengo and Translated.net, to offer paid, professional translation services for YouTube videos.
Click here for more information.
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British school has no pupils who speak English as a first language
Gladstone Primary school in Peterborough, which has 440 pupils, is dominated by students from the Punjab, with smaller groups from Afghanistan, Lithuania and Latvia.
But despite the language barrier the school has scored highly in its Ofsted reports and the headmaster sees bilingualism as an advantage.
To continue reading the article, click here.
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Quebec admits it used an 'excess of zeal' in crackdown on language on Italian restaurant's menu
The Quebec government says its language watchdog was a little too aggressive in pursuing an Italian restaurant for excessive use of Italian on its menu.
The provincial minister responsible for language says she realizes there was an "excess of zeal." Diane De Courcy says adjustments will be made in the specific case of the Montreal restaurant Buonanotte.
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Where Men See White, Women See Ecru
If you've ever found yourself at a paint store with a member of the opposite sex trying to decide between, say, "laguna blue" and "blue macaw," chances are you've disagreed over which hue is lighter or looks more turquoise.
Take comfort in the fact that the real blame lies with physiology: Neuroscientists have discovered that women are better at distinguishing among subtle distinctions in color, while men appear more sensitive to objects moving across their field of vision.
To continue reading the article, click here.
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