With the advent of the internet, communication has become much easier. When we talk about communication, language is the most common medium used across the world. From business and art, to education, consumer goods, healthcare and the entertainment industry, language is the medium of all communication. It is also one of the strongest barriers when […]
"Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke, translation by Joan M. Burnham
When you read the exquisite poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, you imagine that the poet knew numerous elusive, intuitive truths. Well, guess what? He did! And he poured them out to a virtual nonentity, a guy named Franz Kappus, who was really not so much a "young poet" as a new military officer. Kappus wrote […]
Declaration of Internet Freedom:Translation Marathon
By Paula Góes The world may be glued to the TV to watch the start of the Olympic Games [1] in London, but Global Voices Lingua translators are excited about another challenge: the Internet Freedom Translathon [2], a marathon to get the Declaration of Internet Freedom [3] translated in as many languages and dialects as […]
Speaker, Lok Sabha of India assures Kashmiri translation of Parliament proceedings
Srinagar, June 22 (Scoop News) — The Speaker, Lok Sabha of India, Ms Meira Kumar on Tuesday assured that Kashmiri version of the day to day proceedings of Parliament would be initiated as soon as the qualified interpreters become available. Ms Meira Kumar was responding to query of a journalist during […]
Japan: In a World with Automatic Translation
In a post titled I especially want to read ‘trivial information’ (“ãã らãªã„æƒ…å ±”ã“ãèªã‚“ã§ã¿ãŸã„), Japanese blogger Chikirin gives a fresh perspective on what’s important or not and why. Note: The post was translated in its entirety with permission from the blogger. All links were added by Tomomi Sasaki for reference. You know how the online community is […]
Quran english translation 246-250
(246) Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a king for you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are more deserving of the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given wealth enough? He said: Lo! Allah hath chosen him above you, […]