This post discusses two separate efforts to raise awareness about endangered languages: one by National Geographic Magazine and the other by Google and the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. Endangered languages: Should we care? After having read the “Vanishing Voices” piece in National Geographic, I think the answer is a clear yes. The article profiles the [...]
The Endangered Languages Project
June 27, 2012 By
What is the Endangered Languages Project? Approximately half of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages may disappear from the planet in the next 100 years. The Endangered Languages Project, an effort spearheaded by Google and the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity to document languages at risk of extinction, seeks to document the vitality of these languages. The online resource is [...]
Pros and cons of Google Translate
May 16, 2012 By
The pros and cons of Google Translate have implications for professionals in the language services industry. But the tool’s pluses and minuses also have implications for everyday users, from language learners to professionals in various industries. See the pros and cons of Google Translate or read RedLine’s verdict on the tool. Google’s translation tool represents [...]
English is shrinking: word extinction in the digital age
March 30, 2012 By
Study: English is shrinking English is shrinking, and so are Spanish and Hebrew, according to a recent study on language evolution published in Scientific Reports, a primary research publication from the publishers of Nature. Using data from Google’s book digitization project, researchers analyzed 107 words in texts from the period 1800–2008. They found that in [...]
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