The 10 Most Spoken Languages in the World
What are the most spoken languages in the world? See a 2025 ranking by total speakers, plus how language and dialect definitions can change the list.
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International Pig Latin: 7 Funny Word Games from Languages Around the World
Love Pig Latin? Try seven language games and slang systems from Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Swedish and British English.
How to Use Systems (Instead of Goals) to Get Results in Language Learning
Systems are really effective when it comes to language learning. Here's how to create a language learning system that works for you.
91 of the Best Movies and TV Shows from Around the World
Movies are a great way to learn a language or dip your toes into another culture. Check out these world cinema favourites, as chosen by our community.
41+ Brilliant Words in Other Languages We Desperately Need in English
These untranslatable words in other languages can be a lot of fun. They tend to be easy to remember since they are so strange and humorous.
Ridiculous translation blunders that cost millions of dollars (and why you should learn a language for better business)
In the 1960’s, Pepsi took its “Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation” slogan to China, which was not well very well received. The reason? In Chinese, this translates to “Pepsi brings your relatives back from the dead.”
Clairol and Canadian Mist’s German Blunder
Canadian Mist, a brand of whiskey, failed in German markets because “Mist” in German means “manure.”
The same happened to Clairol when it attempted to sell a curling iron called the “Mist stick” to German markets. Who wants to put a shit stick into their hair?
Coors Spanish Blunder
9 of the most unlikely countries to find the language you want to learn
In the last five months, I have definitely received the most double takes of my life whenever I said that I had been learning all my Egyptian Arabic in Brazil.
It’s just such an unlikely combination! Brazil has never had a huge or even tiny wave of Egyptian immigration. While there, I only managed to meet one single Egyptian in person in my entire 3 months. This was partially the reason I did it – to prove that even if there are no natives nearby, you can learn to speak the language entirely online.
Getting rid of your English accent when speaking a foreign language
Right, let’s get down to business! If you want to sound like a local, you need to work on many things and your foreigner accent is one of them. When I speak in English I’ve got a lovely wee (slightly watered down) Irish accent. However, when trying to speak my first foreign language I had […]
My background before becoming a location-independent freelance translator
Unlike most of my posts, this one is not a general “how to” that I think everyone can also follow. It’s my random story of the path I took to get to a great job; for those curious 🙂 This post does not have any useful information about finding work as a translator etc. It […]
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