Alphabet Trivia!

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 07/02/2019
  • alphabet, Hieroglyphs, language, LanguageLearning, Translation
Our skills of communication define humanity as a species and separate us from other creatures on the planet. A written language, made possible by an alphabet, has allowed us to develop as a species. Cooperation has been essential to our development. And strong social skills combined with a sophisticated way of understanding one-another has enabled […]
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Times New Roman

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 29/01/2019
  • font, The Times, Times New Roman, type, typography
Adored by typographers and readers worldwide, this is the story of Times New Roman! The Times of London, a British newspaper, commissioned Times New Roman in 1929. Stanley Morison, the artistic advisor to the British branch of the printing equipment company Monotype, conceived the font in collaboration with Victor Lardent, a lettering artist in the Times’ advertising […]
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Keywords for Snowboarding!

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 25/01/2019
  • glossary, keywords, skiing, snow, snowboarding, Translation
Introduction Playing in the snow is always a great thing to do! Either with it or on it… you can throw snow balls, make snow slides, and not least, build a snowman. But of all the activities we can do in the snow, snowboarding is the best!   Snowboarding vs. Skiing Skiing is a traditional […]
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Takashi Sasaki

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 24/01/2019
  • Fukushima, Miguel de Unamuno, nuclear disaster, Spanish philosophy, Takashi Sasaki, Translation, translator
Takashi Sasaki was a Japanese citizen, translator and a professor of Spanish philosophy. His contribution to the people of Fukushima during the nuclear disaster of 2011 – communicating the reality of the situation and “speaking truth to power” – cannot be over estimated.   Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011 The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan was […]
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Discovering idioms in Quechua

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 17/01/2019
  • Incan Empire, language learning, Quechua, Quechua Language Family, Translation
What is Quechuan? Quechua, often referred to as Runasimi (“people’s language”), is an indigenous language family spoken by several million people in South America. Quechua was the main language family of the Incan empire, which rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century, and survived until 1572. Although the colonists tried to suppress Quechua, it survived […]
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