Archive for March, 2009

Why Learn French: Benefits of Learning French Language That You Just Cannot Ignore

March 25th, 2009
Why Learn French: Benefits of Learning French Language That You Just Cannot Ignore

French is a business language: Today, MNCs have over 2,000 subsidiaries in France, and French companies have over 600 subsidiaries in the United States. Major corporations with headquarters or subsidiaries in the United States and France include Du Pont, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Apple Computer, Michelin, Renault, Bic and many more. The French economy is one of the strongest in the world and is increasingly a leader in technolog » Read more: Why Learn French: Benefits of Learning French Language That You Just Cannot Ignore

The Problems With Language Translation

March 20th, 2009
The Problems With Language Translation

Anyone who has ever tried to translate between two different languages will understand the problems associated with language translation. These problems have been bugging translators for years. It is not easy to capture the same meaning when translating between two completely different languages.

Language is a communication tool. It can be used in many different ways to express either the same idea, or a completely different idea. » Read more: The Problems With Language Translation

English Language Learners Take Advantage of Technology

March 6th, 2009
English Language Learners Take Advantage of Technology

Learning English has always been a difficult task due to the language’s many intricacies and rules that are quite dissimilar to most of the world’s spoken languages. For example, while most languages place verbs after the noun (ball red), English does the opposite (red ball).

Despite the difficulty of the English language, it remains the world’s most spoken language and a requirement for anybody getting into international busine » Read more: English Language Learners Take Advantage of Technology