Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Kwintessential Launch Google Gadgets
Kwintessential Ltd, a leading intercultural communication consultancy, has today announced the launch of three new Google gadgets. The gadgets, which are added to a personalised Google homepage, have been designed with clients’ needs in mind to offer them quick, convenient access to information.
Read more: Google GadgetsMultilingual London may get language museum
Language enthusiasts want to open a dedicated museum in London -- the world's most multilingual city, where more than 350 languages are spoken -- to coincide with the 2012 Olympics.
Linguist David Crystal said the interactive museum would draw on high-tech gadgets and serious scholarship to boost people's interest in languages -- both foreign and their own -- and would be the first of its kind in Britain.
Read more: LondonArmy Sees Importance of Language & Cultural Sensitivities
As language and cultural sensitivities factor more and more into military operations, defense officials are promoting several initiatives to increase the number of servicemembers and employees with critical language skills.
One of the most innovative programs is the Army's effort to recruit "heritage language" speakers from countries the U.S. is engaged in, Gail McGinn, deputy undersecretary of defense for plans, said in an interview yesterday.
Read more: USA ArmyUEFA launches Chinese language website
UEFA on Tuesday launched a Chinese version of its website to addresses the growing demand and popularity of football in China.
Together with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Korean, Chinese Mandarin is the tenth language available on uefa.com.
Read more: UEFAWord of the Day: redolent
redolent \RED-uh-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Having or exuding fragrance; scented; aromatic.
2. Full of fragrance; odorous; smelling (usually used with 'of' or 'with').
3. Serving to bring to mind; evocative; suggestive; reminiscent (usually used with 'of' or 'with').
The 142-foot-long sidewheeled steamer . . . ferried people from place to place, . . . its two decks redolent with the aroma of fresh grapes, peaches, and other fruit headed for the rail spur at the Canandaigua pier, then on to markets in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. -- A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax, Bogart