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Although Chinese is spoken by more people on the earth than any other language, it is in second place for use on the Internet.   English remains the most popular language, not least because so many people around the world speak English as their second language, and at present more web pages are written in English than in any other language.

Tags: language | Chinese | English | Japanese | German | Spanish | Japanese speakers

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For many years, speculation was high that the language of the Eskimos had over 400 words for 'snow'.  This speculation was based on the idea that foreign cultures, especially 'primitive peoples', see the world in a different way.  This could not be summarily disregarded because, after all, Eskomos are surrounded by snow all the time.

Tags: Eskimo language | mistranslations | German | language | foreign | English

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Researchers had previously known that infants develop the ability to ape speech around twelve weeks of age and babies show a preference for spoken language mirroring the rhythm, melody and intensity patterns of their mother tongue.

Tags: language | spoken language | intonation pattern | ambient language | phonetics | French | German

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A German court has made an unusual ruling on the use of Nazi slogans.

All Nazi symbols and slogans have long been outlawed in the country. However, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice said that such slogans may be okay as long as they are translated into another language.

Tags: translated | language | Translation Agency | German translator

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The internet is changing. Every year more than 1 billion people use the internet and the majority of those are non-English speakers. For businesses in English speaking countries this change in dynamics presents both a challenge and opportunity. Through their English only websites they are tapping a small percentage of the online audience. However, with minimal investment and effort through a website translation there are endless opportunities in terms of expansion and increased revenue. 

Tags: different language | language | English speaking | internet | website translation | website | acorn translations | Translation

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10 Years of Trading
1999 – 2009

Acorn Translations first opened its doors for business at the beginning of August 1999.  Since then, from that small beginning, the company has grown year by year and we are therefore pleased to announce that we are now celebrating our 10th year of trading.

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