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Interview with Becky
Becky has been a volunteer translator with Freelang since March 2007, so that is exactly six years at the time we publish this interview. Becky is a French teacher in …
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Going to Croatia on business or holiday or study? Learn some Croatian!
Croatia has offered its services to help Kosovo and Serbia come up with a common language which citizens of both countries can use. Due to the Balkan conflict, countries split …
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Bosnian : one language or three languages?
Decades after the collapse of Yugoslavia, Bosnia citizens still cannot agree on whether they speak one language or three. Between 1918 and 1991, the language used in Bosnia was known …
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Learn proper Czech and stop butchering my language!
“Stop butchering my language!” This is the message that James Winegar, a physics student, got when he tried to strike a conversation in Czech with a local PhD student at …
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Dutch : The language between German and English
Kader Abdolah quickly mastered the Dutch language and wrote various novels in Dutch. He won many awards for his short stories collection ‘De adelaars’ (Eagles) and his novels ‘The House …
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Sign Language – Official in Ecuador?
Recent announcements from Vice President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador have indicated that sign language is to become an official language of the country, with public servants being required to learn …
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Learn a new language: Funny phrases and words
Layogenic is the Tagalog, Philippines way of telling someone that they only look good from afar, while the Japanese use the term bakku-shan to refer to a woman who has …
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Danish: A flat and beautiful language with a funny drawl
A proposal by the Danish government to cut funding for Danish Language courses were strongly opposed by Enhedslisten (EL, a far left party in Denmark). Their main reason for this …
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A New Trend in Abroad Studying
Until recently, an American undergraduate wanting to study abroad would generally pick up a trivial but classic Western Europe destination – Florence, Paris, Barcelona, London or Berlin. The Old World, …
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