Lingua Franca – English?
The term Lingua Franca originated from a nickname for European people called “Franks”, a nickname given by the Arabs to European people in the Middle Ages (Franks was earlier in history associated with 3rd century Germanic tribes, but in the Lingua Franca context it’s associated with the Arab nickname). Lingua Franca developed during the Middle […]
Septuagint – The Greek Bible Translation
The most translated book in the world is the Bible. The first known translation of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is called the Septuagint and is a Greek translation. This translation has tremendous importance in the analysis and study of the Bible and even in the preservation of the Hebrew text. […]
Georgian language and the country name, Georgia
Georgia, the country, is increasingly becoming a popular tourist destination. And like many others, I spent a vacation traveling to Georgia’s beautiful Caucasus mountains. Two issues about Georgia made me curious in the context of language. The first is the uniqueness of the Georgian language as well as the name of the country “Georgia” previously […]
Language and Thought – Linguistics
The mother tongue of about 300 million people is English and it is estimated that somewhere between half a billion and 2 billion people speak (or try to speak) English as a second language. We, as a translation company, provide multilingual translation services and it is interesting that most of our translations (and it seems […]