The Coolest Jobs! Get Paid to Learn a Language
Want to find interesting work? Check out these career ideas. These are the coolest jobs where you can get paid to learn a language!
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What’s it Like to Be a Language Hacker?
So, my new Language Hacking courses are on their way to bookstores around the world, and we’ve already had over a thousand pre-orders. While the courses are en route, I’ve got together a group of language learners who are trying out the courses ahead of time, sharing videos from the missions, and giving me their […]
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.
Dropping Barriers: What opera singers study, and how it can help you learn languages easier
Recently there was an interesting article on Lifehacker called I learned to speak four languages in a few years. Here’s how by Gabriel Wyner. He got in touch with me and asked to guest post about his relevant experience as an Opera Singer (as you can see in the photo!) to help him learn several […]
The Pareto Principle (80-20 Rule): Minimize the Effort, Maximize the Results
Thanks to my interpretation of the 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle, I can speak languages shortly after arriving in a country.
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 […]
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