Greek is an ancient language that has been spoken for thousands of years. It is considered to be one of the oldest recorded languages in the world, with its earliest written records dating back to the 15th century BC. In ancient times, the Greek language was spoken by...
You may be, quite fairly, thinking what an odd topic for an article. Yet these curious birds reveal how words are formed and how languages differ in their perspectives of one and the same thing. Read on to discover more about these creatures than you ever thought you...
Rumour once had it that the phrases one more for the road and on the wagon both came from the long journey from prison to the hangman’s noose. It has often been claimed that one more for the road came from the habit of the local inns offering prisoners a final drink...
We're all guilty of peppering our speech with words like um, like and well. Although such words don’t bear any real meaning, they do win us some time whilst something is still lingering on the tip of our tongue. These little words are called 'filler words' as they...
Literary talent can cross borders, making global literature more diverse as stories from many cultures become a part of a shared literary space. Translation opens doors for writers who use less widely spoken languages. Many powerful books come from linguistic,...
With the summer solstice fast approaching, the Nordic nations are gearing up for their famous Midsummer celebrations. Originally held on the 23 June (Midsummer’s Eve) and 24 June, these now take place on a Friday between 19 and 26 June in Sweden and Finland –...
This year's Warsaw International Book Fair, held in the imposing PGE Narodowy football stadium, proved a highly insightful experience for us. Our Director Ana and Head of Production Kasia, who was born and raised in Poland, were at the trade fair to meet up with our...
Rigorous validation is non-negotiable in healthcare. It is for good reason that there are multiple checkpoints along most healthcare-related processes. Examples range from a second opinion of a medical diagnosis and repeated testing of samples in drug discovery, all...
As globalisation presses on, the demand for translated literature continues to grow. Readerships far and wide are discovering entirely new authors. Online communities and subcultures like BookTok bring rapid, immense popularity to titles from across the globe. Take...
At a purely grammatical level, the question of gender is not much of an issue for modern-day English. In fact, we got rid of grammatical gender many moons ago following the Middle Ages, with feminised nouns such as authoress and poetess having long since fallen out of...