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Project management – what’s that about, then?

Check out our award winning blog!Well, September is here again – a time for new beginnings for a lot of language graduates finishing their education and either ambitiously taking the first steps...

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European Day of Languages – Learn to speak Welsh today!

Check out our award winning blog!Europe is rich in languages – there are over 200 European languages and many more spoken by citizens whose family origin is from other continents. This is an important...

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Languages of the Rainbow Nation

Check out our award winning blog!by Emma Wilberforce This month, we welcome back our 2012 blog competition winner, Emma Wilberforce, as she writes about an inspiring visit to South Africa. South...

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The Rise and Rise of British Sign Language Interpreters

Check out our award winning blog!There are more than 10 million people in the UK suffering with some form of hearing loss, or one in six of the population. By 2031, it is estimated that there will be...

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Halloween: Lost In (Cultural) Translation?

Check out our award winning blog!Halloween is massive in the US, having been passed down from generation to generation. In 2012, Americans spent almost $8billion (almost £5billion) on Halloween. As an...

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Language Learning: The Ultimate Strategy

Check out our award winning blog!Recent reports about the state of language learning in Britain can more or less be summed up thus: ‘AAARGH! SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!’ So, within the time it took to drink...

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Translations & the International Marathon Circuit!

Check out our award winning blog!It amazes me that whatever I am doing, I often get lost in language related thoughts. This week, I participated in my first half marathon and it was an amazing...

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Rhythm, movement and language learning

Check out our award winning blog!I was reading an article on BBC news the other day, about this very interesting research on the way moving to a steady beat is closely linked to better language skills....

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Translating Time from American to British English

Check out our award winning blog!I love working in an office that not only deals with people around the world, but includes people from around the world. Mainly because the chats we have over a coffee...

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Over and out – the language of sign offs

Check out our award winning blog!By Emma Wilberforce ‘How should I sign off this email?’ I found myself thinking this the other day when I was in the process of sending a message to a friendly...

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Wôpanâôt8âôk – re-birth of a ‘dead’ language

Check out our award winning blog!Have you heard of Wôpanâôt8âôk?  Probably not, since it hasn’t been a ‘living’ language for over 150 years.  But that’s about to change… What is Wôpanâôt8âôk?...

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Do you speak coffee?

Check out our award winning blog!Java.  Joe.  Brew.  Black gold.  Battery acid. We have a lot of words for that highly popular hot, black, bean-based drink:  Coffee. I was always a tea drinker, myself...

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New Year’s Resolutions? Or New Year’s Goals?

Check out our award winning blog!  It’s January.  It’s a new year.  And so it’s time for the annual ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ lists.  Thing is, I don’t like resolutions – I prefer goals.  I think the...

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Bienvenue au Veritas

Check out our award winning blog!I have now joined Veritas, hailed for its success at home and abroad. It is abundantly clear that their role within the industry is not just one of providing an...

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The great language learning debate

Check out our award winning blog!Here at Veritas Language Solutions we’re disappointed to hear the news reported by the BBC yesterday that the Welsh Assembly intends to cut language learning cash by...

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A trip abroad – Destination Paris

Check out our award winning blog! The internet is brilliant, yes? You can find out everything you need to know about a topic, and even lots of things you really didn’t want to know too. This...

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ROOFS or ROOVES?

Check out our award winning blog! I had a really interesting discussion with my cousin, who lives in America, the other day.  (Granted it was by iMessage, but it was still a real-time discussion.)  It...

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Paris – Tickets, Travelling, Tasting and Talking the Language

Check out our award winning blog! It’s amazing. The advice you receive from anyone and everyone when you mention going away – especially if you’re going somewhere they’ve visited previously. It’s...

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