The beginning of a year usually finds most of us with an army of resolutions and taking stock of what happened in the previous year. It is not any different for us at First Edition Translations, either. 2018 was an eventful year with many great and proud moments. Continue reading Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT FIRST EDITION TRANSLATIONS!
We hope you’ve all had a wonderful start to 2019!
Although it seems like yesterday, we started our blog series called Language of the Month exactly a year ago to introduce you to 12 of the world’s 6000 amazing languages. We wrote about the history of each language, gave the most useful phrases you might need to get by, and also asked our translators to tell us a bit more about their own language. It was very difficult to select which 12 languages to feature but we hope you liked our choices.
If you missed any of the Language of the Month posts, you can find a link to all of them below. Happy reading! 🙂 Continue reading Language of the Month – Collection of 12 Amazing Languages
In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages!
Continue reading Language of the Month – DECEMBER is Arabic!
In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages!
National Dictionary Day was held in the US yesterday to commemorate the great American lexicographer, Noah Webster’s birthday, who was born on 16 October 1758.
Of course, as a bunch of geeky linguists in the office, we just had to have the most bizarre conversation about dictionaries, lexicons and thesauruses to mark the occasion. (You would be surprised how much a group of linguists – and one ex-lexicographer – can talk about the subject!)
We ended up discussing thesauruses and synonyms. Does the word “synonym” have a synonym? Does every word have a synonym? Or rather, does any word have a true synonym? Synonyms usually differ in some minute nuances in their meaning, right? Otherwise languages would be rather uneconomical. Having two words that mean the exact same thing?! That would be a waste of precious dictionary space!
What do you think about the matter? Please share your thoughts, ideas, speculations!
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In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages!
Continue reading Language of the Month – October is HUNGARIAN!
In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages!
Continue reading Language of the Month – September is GERMAN!
In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages! 
Continue reading Language of the Month – August is PORTUGUESE!
In our new series this year, Language of the Month, we are looking at twelve of the world’s nearly 6000 fascinating languages, one each month. Join us on this trip around the globe and discover facts, trivia and insider information about some awesome languages!
