Market research questionnaires can already be a mine-field, even when they’re composed in a single language: who do you ask?
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...
Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...
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 together are a clear reminder of the human urge to communicate and create a common ground against the odds.
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.
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...
In 2003, the world was taken by storm by a little book called ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’ by Lynne Truss...
It’s pretty difficult to imagine the modern world without the one invention most dear to linguists: writing...
Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...
English is currently one of three procedural language of the European Union...
Who among us hasn’t, if only for a moment, daydreamed about leaving our desks and running away to sea?
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...
The first international treaty written in English was the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, marking the end of the First World War...
Here at One Global, we appreciate and value the work our linguists’ do and recognise how vital they are to our business...
“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...