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Keep up to date with the most recent news relating to One Global. We also take a look at the latest developments in everything related to translation, localization, transcreation and interpreting, sharing our own perspective on developments.

Hyper-localization

English is probably the most widely understood language on Earth; even those who don’t speak it recognise one or two words, and vast numbers know enough to get by...

Linguist of the Month |

Linguist Of The Month – August

Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...

Constructed Languages

The best part of successful localisation is understanding that what makes for a successful project is not only being accurate, but sounding great while doing it...

Pidgins and Creoles

Pidgins and creoles together are a clear reminder of the human urge to communicate and create a common ground against the odds.

Speling it rite

Given the number of spelling tests set by our teachers at school, it would be easy to think that comprehensible language and correct spelling are inseparable.

Too many cooks make light work?

When the final book of JK Rowling’s world renowned Harry Potter books was released in 2007, it had built a following of millions around the world...

Does punctuation matter?

In 2003, the world was taken by storm by a little book called ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’ by Lynne Truss...

Stick to the Script

It’s pretty difficult to imagine the modern world without the one invention most dear to linguists: writing...

Linguist of the Month |

Linguist of the Month - June

Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...

Language After Brexit

English is currently one of three procedural language of the European Union...

Day of the Seafarer

Who among us hasn’t, if only for a moment, daydreamed about leaving our desks and running away to sea?

Interpreters in the Great War

2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First World War, a conflict which engulfed the whole world and destroyed large parts of it...

Peak English?

The first international treaty written in English was the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, marking the end of the First World War...

Linguist of the Month |

Linguist Of The Month - May

Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...

The Rule of Three

“Three – it’s the magic number!” The number 3 has been revered as special or different for thousands of years – ever since humanity first invented the concept of numbers...

Goods and chattels

A lot of us in the business world are concerned in some form or another with property and wealth, be it intellectual or physical...