by laacademia-author | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Just about to order this book – Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World. Nataly Kelly gives 10 examples of difficult-to-translate concepts that reinforce the importance of your translator having a clear understanding of both...
by laacademia-author | Nov 1, 2012 | Interpreting
One of la Academia’s Partners, Andrea Nicholls, is a qualified Interpreter on the National Register of Public Service interpreters – qualified to interpret in Public Services, including law courts. So at la Academia we have been keeping an eye on the...
by laacademia-author | Oct 26, 2012 | Latest News, Spanish classes
We were quite excited by this news, but rather disappointed on hearing the ad itself, since Mrs Obama doesn’t actually speak any Spanish – subtitles provide the translation of her words into Spanish. Cristina Saralegui, a Cuban-American talk show host who supports...
by laacademia-author | Oct 14, 2012 | Business language courses, Chinese classes, Language classes
Found this very interesting post about China and learning Chinese by Martin Jacques for the BBC on Friday. So convinced is Jacques of the importance of learning Chinese that his son started Chinese lessons aged 5. Jacques puts forward an idea of China as a...
by laacademia-author | Oct 10, 2012 | Chinese classes, Language classes, Latest News
The Chinese people are just getting back to work after a week off to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was on September 30th. This is a Holiday, followed by another week off from October 1st to 7th to celebrate National Day, so there will have been a lot of...
