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Titles and content of current and past issues:

Thirty-Ninth Edition - The Olympic Games, The Greek Language

This year, the Olympic Games will be held in the place where it all began more than 2,700 years ago – Greece. Named after the City of Olympia, and held in a site dedicated to Zeus, the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece celebrated human potential, based on the philosophy that to achieve a complete whole, it is necessary to combine the qualities of body, will and mind.  More >>
Thirty-Eighth Edition - The Chinese Languages and Character Sets

Thirty Seventh Edition - The Languages of the European Union (EU)

Thirty Sixth Edition - The German Language

Within Germany, people from the North sometimes cannot understand people from the South. However, the written language is the same and understood by all.... More >>

Thirty Fifth Edition - The Changing Order of Languages

The order of the world’s languages is in flux, due to changing demographic and economic trends, the Internet and global communications... More >>

Thirty Fourth Edition - Brazilian and European Portuguese

Portuguese is one of the world’s ten most frequently spoken languages. It is also one of the languages of the European Union, and the official language of the following seven countries... More >>

Thirty Third Edition - The Japanese character system.

Reading and writing text in a foreign script is a challenge, but if the language of choice is Japanese, it is particularly challenging, because the reader could find several different scripts all in the same page. Japanese uses a number of scripts. More >>

Thirty Second Edition - The Arabic language.

Thirty First Edition - Canadian French – Differences between Canadian and Standard French

Thirtieth Edition - Inventions – An International Affair: How inventors of different nationalities, cultures, and backgrounds have collaborated, directly or indirectly, to improve the way we live, work, and communicate.

Twenty Ninth Edition - Lost in Translation? Translation quality, and how it affects our quality of life.

Twenty Eighth Edition - The Politics of Bilingualism; Spanish in the Names of California Cities.

Twenty Seventh Edition - Sign Language: Why it should be considered a language at the same level with verbal languages. International sign languages.

Twenty Sixth Edition - Familiar complications in Spanish websites (or selecting the appropriate form of address for the target audience and region.)

Twenty Fifth Edition - What are Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, Translation, Language Engineering?

Twenty Fourth Edition:

  • Why you should consider translation even if you only do business in the USA

  • The Thai Language.

Twenty Third Edition:

  • Tips for writing and designing for translation

  • Celebrating notable anniversary - St. Petersburg

Twenty Second Edition:

  • Tips for improving the process and reducing the cost of website localization

  • Bringing Medical Devices to Market - Useful links

  • Celebrating notable anniversaries (DNA, Mt. Everest)

Twenty First Edition:

  • Applying technology to the art of translation

  • The world's endangered languages

Twentieth Edition: 

  • The origin of terms: Currency

  • Test Your knowledge of the world

Nineteenth Edition: Test your linguistic knowledge

Eighteenth Edition: When you must select among versions of the same language

Seventeenth Edition: The In-Vitro Diagnostics Directive (IVDD)

Sixteenth Edition: Is localization right for you?

Fifteenth Edition: Is this a good time to go multilingual?

Fourteenth Edition: On the Lighter Side - Signs of the world

Thirteenth Edition: Say it in their language! Marketing to a multilingual audience

Twelfth Edition: Establishing a multilingual presence on the Web

Eleventh Edition: Using translation tools for websites

Tenth Edition: Designing technical documentation for an international audience

Ninth Edition:

  • The evolution of Kan'ji characters.

  • A few Kan'ji characters and their English meaning.

  • Exchanging words

Eighth Edition: Is Your Web Site Truly Accessible Worldwide?

Seventh Edition: Database Search Engines for Web Development - What do you do if you want your site to be searchable in several languages, including Asian? This article was featured in Volume 8 - Issue 4 of Multilingual Communications and Technology.

Sixth Edition:

  • The U.S. Medical Device Regulatory System - Classification of Medical Devices
  • Glossary of Related Terms
  • Translation Memory Tools

Fifth Edition: Writing and Designing for Translation

Fourth Edition:

  • Languages that are written from right to left
  • The largest surviving indigenous language in the Americas

Third Edition: Featured languages: The Languages and Writing Systems of South-East Asia

Second Edition:

  • Languages and Writing Systems of Africa
  • Languages and Writing Systems of Eastern Europe
 

First Edition:  The Japanese Language

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