by the LKTeam | 7th August 2019 | Language, Translation
Ah, the Tower of Babel. It’s a story well-known to any language aficionado worth his or her salt. According to legend, God, upon witnessing man’s attempt to reach the heavens by constructing a colossal tower, confuses the language of the workers so that they are no... by the LKTeam | 3rd July 2019 | Language, Switzerland, Trilingualism
A couple of weeks have passed since my last blog post, and my 15-month old is happily pursuing his insouciant and incessant babbling. Although he had mastered mama and papa (not just the words but the actual concept as well) a few weeks ago, currently everything he... by the LKTeam | 11th April 2019 | Language, Switzerland, Trilingualism
In my previous blog post, I introduced you to the wacky world of raising trilingual children, and since a little time has passed, I wanted to give a little review of how we are currently faring with the OPOL (One Person, One Language) method. For the sake of this... by the LKTeam | 7th March 2019 | Language, Translation
As with all master craftspeople, artisans, and (word)smiths, we translators have a variety of highly sophisticated tools at our disposal to help us piece together the perfect puzzle presented by each and every translation task. Computer-assisted translation tools... by the LKTeam | 16th January 2019 | British culture, Language, LKT, Switzerland, Trilingualism
Type “trilingual families” in Google today, and you hit about 1,320,000 results (thank you, Google). But growing up as a child in a trilingual family thirty-odd years ago, I am sure that there was not this abundance of research articles, books and blog posts regarding... by the LKTeam | 17th December 2018 | CPD, Language, Translation
The reality of digitisation and the pace with which it is infiltrating and impacting on our everyday lives is undeniable – and, seemingly, unstoppable. From apps to social media, interactive advertisements to smart fridges, virtually every aspect of our modern... 