Learn Korean What “Squid Game” Can Teach Us about the Art of (Korean) Translation Today, we will talk a bit about the art of translation, point out some concrete errors with Squid Game's subtitle translations, and then look at what those errors might be able to teach us about the art of translation.
Learn Korean The Top 10 Mistakes Made by Korean Learners Hi! I’m Hyunku, and I've given over 3,000 Korean lessons. So far, I’ve worked with around 300 people. I’ve encountered many student errors during my lessons, and over time,
Learn Japanese Why Does the Japanese Language Have Three Alphabets? 新しい言語は、新たな人生の始まり Atarashī gengo wa, aratana jinsei no hajimari. “A new language is the beginning of a new life.” You did it. After years of watching Japanese anime, you decided to learn Japanese.
Product Introducing Offline Mode — Download Glossika Sessions for Offline Use Whether you’re on a plane, in a car, going out for a walk, out of data for the month, or just somewhere where the internet connection is unstable, Offline Mode lets you
Learn Chinese Which is Harder: Japanese, Korean, or Mandarin Chinese? Last week we put out a post on differentiating (Mandarin) Chinese, Japanese, and Chinese. It was received well, but we got a lot of this sort of response: that's cool, but what I
Learn Japanese How to Tell the Difference Between Chinese, Japanese and Korean Chinese, Korean, and Japanese are considered to be among the hardest languages for a native English speaker to learn. Each one is a serious time investment (and an exciting journey) that will likely
Learn Chinese Mandarin Chinese Basics: Phrases to Start (and Continue) Conversations When it comes to language learning, figuring our the commonly-used words and phrases is essential. From language to language, the particular words and phrases you learn will differ a bit — a country’s
Language Learning Tips Should You Learn Two (or More) Languages at Once? I get it. I really do.If you're learning one language, you've probably thought about learning another. (More realistically, multiple). I'm personally shooting for ten. Currently, I'm at four — Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and
Linguistics How Many Words Do You Need to Know to Speak Another Language? A vocabulary of one-thousand words would allow you to recognize nearly 80% of the words in a given English text (Nation, 2006). Imagine my thrill, a few months into learning Japanese, when I
japanese Japanese Particles: The Nuts and Bolts of Japanese Grammar Have you ever thought about a screw? Probably not. It's just a piece of metal that, by itself, doesn't seem to have a significant purpose. Right?Now imagine if you were to remove
Learn Spanish Verbs of Change: 6 Ways to Say “Become” in Spanish If you’ve been learning Spanish for a while, you’ve probably noticed that it’s a bit difficult to express the idea of “becoming” something. There just isn’t a single word
History Linguistic Extinction: How Languages Die In a previous article, we said that language is a living organism. It gets born, it grows and it develops — as does the society in which it is spoken. Languages change over time
Discussion 5 Reasons You Shouldn't Learn a Language We have a fair share of articles that discuss language learning on our blog. We’ve told you what to do if you’re stuck at the intermediate plateau and discussed whether accent
Inspirational Stories Finding Memories: How a polyglot won his languages back after a brain injury Having woken up from a coma, polyglot William Hearn realized that all the languages he had ever known were competing for the same space in his head — but he could no longer express himself in any of them properly. In this story, William tells Glossika how he won his languages back.
Careers The Top 7 In-Demand Languages for Interpreters and Translators There is a hot debate about the most in-demand languages for translators and interpreters. But the discussion about the highest-paying translation languages has been going on since the turn of the century. And
