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Saving lives and filming surgeries: two digital communication healthcare success stories | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. Saving lives and filming surgeries: two digital communication healthcare success stories. July 13, 2015. Last December, I wrote a post. Here about how I hoped more medical professionals would start using social media and other digital communication methods this year. Recently, I was thrilled to come across two very different cases of physical and mental healthcare providers doing just this. Crisis Text Line’s volun...
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More than words: How translators and interpreters are saving lives | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. More than words: How translators and interpreters are saving lives. August 10, 2015. When I write about translators and interpreters on this blog, it’s usually regarding some abstract issue or debate among them or an interesting story or conundrum. But there’s another dimension to these professions. Sometimes translators and interpreters can save lives. El Paso, Texas’s emergency dispatch, requires. An on-call interprete...
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Five misconceptions many Americans have about English | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. Five misconceptions many Americans have about English. June 15, 2015. Being an American abroad has its challenges. One you might not expect is how Americans are perceived outside the US. Sure, we have this cool cachet we’re the country of hip-hop and Hollywood, after all. But you also get associated with a lot of negative stereotypes. Features set each version of English apart. Other countries have noticed these disp...
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Is your education keeping you from being multilingual? | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. Is your education keeping you from being multilingual? June 8, 2015. In a well-meaning opinion piece in James Madison University’s newspaper, The Breeze, sophomore Rachel Petty writes. That after two months of living in Europe, [t]he majority of European people [she’s] met speak at least (emphasis on the ‘at least’) three languages . European countries encourage language learning in the same way and to the same degree?
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We speak 8 languages. How to take a kid- or teen-friendly vacation just about anywhere. When someone says “family vacation”, certain kinds of destinations leap to mind – theme parks, visiting relatives, a noisy, busy beach – and others, well, don’t. But you can have a memorable trip with family members of all ages, just about anywhere you go. FULL STORY. How to keep cool while traveling. What to know before booking a hotel in Europe. Abidjan Ivory Coast Deal $874. Melbourne, Best Deal on the Web. Fly to ...
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What flag and what alphabet for a flagless, multi-alphabet language? | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. What flag and what alphabet for a flagless, multi-alphabet language? August 3, 2015. When language learning site Duolingo recently announced they’re developing Yiddish courses, many people were thrilled. But for some, the excitement was quickly dulled when the site decided to represent Yiddish with a flag showing a menorah framed by black bands. Century leftist Yiddish speakers were against nationalism, and the Hasidic c...
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A prescription for healthcare when you’re living or traveling abroad | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. A prescription for healthcare when you’re living or traveling abroad. July 27, 2015. Whether it’s for travel or a long-term stay, going abroad means you’ll have lots of things to plan. It’s easy to forget certain details. Like, have you thought about medical coverage and care? If you’re suddenly feeling anxious, here’s a checklist that can make things easier, whether you end up facing an emergency, or a routine check-up:.
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What makes English a lingua franca? | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. What makes English a lingua franca? July 20, 2015. You probably know that not everyone speaks English. Still, English. Become the closest thing we currently have to a global lingua franca (sorry, Esperanto! But have you ever wondered why? 8211; A firm foothold. It used to be said that the sun never sets on the British Empire. In its 19. Strong ties with technology. By a happy coincidence (if it’s your native language), t...
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Fun facts about how humans make animal sounds | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. Fun facts about how humans make animal sounds. July 6, 2015. If you follow aiaTranslations on Facebook. You may have noticed the adorable illustrations of animal sounds in different languages that we’ve been posting from time to time. Also seen on sites like Buzzfeed, they were drawn by James Chapman, an artist who creates illustrations of onomatopoeia from around the world . 8211; Gary Nunn, the author of that Guardian ...
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Four made-up languages that have influenced real life | aiaConnect
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Linguistic and Cultural Musings for the Life Sciences Industry from aiaTranslations. Four made-up languages that have influenced real life. June 22, 2015. Whether they’re meant to be inscrutable, easily understood, or a way to bring a fictional universe to life, some made-up languages have had an impressive impact in the real world, even for people who’ve never heard of them. Here are four notable examples:. 8211; Pig Latin. But it’s been around for at least three centuries. ow-Way! 1 million people unde...