Trilingual families: Does it really work?
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...To Americanize or not to Americanise…
Localisation is an important part of our work at LKT, whether it’s adapting an existing text for a specific English-speaking target audience or translating directly into another variant of English. One of these variants is American English, enabling our customers to...Worlds and words apart – Tolkien in Oxford
“The invention of languages is the foundation. The ‘stories’ were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse.” – J. R. R. Tolkien While most of us use language in some form every single day, it’s relatively rare that we consciously decide to...A busy period of CPD ahead for LKT
LKT’s commitment to CPD is something we’re incredibly proud of, and we tap into a variety of resources – in-house and external, national and international – to ensure that we are always at the cutting edge of developments, helping to shape the future of our industry....Conquering the Berlin Marathon
I’m still a relative novice in the world of running, having picked up the hobby around two years ago, but I knew from early on that a marathon was something I’d like to try my hand (or feet) at some day. After sadly missing out on the marathon in LKT’s home city of...Tweets
One of the subjects we looked at in our team day last week was microspeakers - we love a bit of cutting-edge tech in the articles we translate! Here's an interesting related article in @AllAboutCircuit
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Yesterday we had a fantastic afternoon of #CPD, with Catherine giving us tips to optimise our translation/research processes and Eveline taking us on a journey into #medtech. Looking forward to getting together again this morning and working on some translation activities! ✏️👓 https://t.co/gNnclSivBh
@wearescriever To go with the sausage idiom (is it dinnertime yet?), here's a DE mustard-related one: "Senf dazugeben" (to add your mustard, i.e. give your opinion, but more in the way of sticking your oar in as opposed to adding your tuppence worth!) 🌭
June is birthday season at LKT - we've had two so far and today it's Eveline's turn! Have a fantastic day! 🎈🍾🎉 https://t.co/8es5p6qDLJ
We love #CPD, and what's better than combining it with a chance to travel?🌍 Team member Siobhan recently went to the northernmost reaches of the UK for some CPD (and puffin-spotting) courtesy of @ITIUK network @ITIScotNet. She tells us all about it here: https://t.co/x8s82MgnYA https://t.co/EfQbBKOnip
