News from JMS
Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…
The talk of the Olympics
With 205 countries competing at London 2012, there will be hundreds of different languages being spoken by the athletes, officials, locals and visitors in the various sites. The official languages of the Olympics are French and English (plus that of the host nation, which of course is English this time). The volunteers and interpreters are going to be very busy during interviews and helping tourists. One of our team is at the Olympics today and will report…