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The most multilingual person in the European Commission

According to a European Commission memo issued to celebrate the European Day of Languages on the 26th September, Ioannis Ikonomou, who is a translator for the European Commission, speaks 32 languages. Ioannis was born in Irakleio, Crete. He studied linguistics at the University of Thessaloniki before pursuing an MA in Middle Eastern languages and cultures at Columbia University in the United States. Ioannis has worked for the Commission since 2002. Continue reading →

The most multilingual person in the European Commission

According to a European Commission memo issued to celebrate the European Day of Languages on the 26th September, Ioannis Ikonomou, who is a translator for the European Commission, speaks 32 languages. Ioannis was born in Irakleio, Crete. He studied linguistics at the University of Thessaloniki before pursuing an MA in Middle Eastern languages and cultures at Columbia University in the United States. Ioannis has worked for the Commission since 2002. Continue reading →

Winchester Pub Crawl

On Wednesday 3 October the ACRG will host its fifth annual Winchester pub crawl. In good tradition this will be a night of celebration and drunkenness to welcome our newest colleagues to the department. Everyone is welcome and we definitely want to encourage all ACRG people to come along on this first ACRG social of the year. Please contact Phil Riris if you have further questions. Continue reading →

Youtube videos translated into 300+ languages

YouTube, the video hosting platform, is using Google Translate technology to translate videos into over 300 languages – from Turkish to Tagalog to Tswana – in order to reach wider audiences. CNET reports how video producers can use the automatic caption translation service that uses Google Translate to translate into over 60 languages or the new service which translates more uncommon languages by letting users integrate the YouTube Video Manager with the Google Translator Toolkit. Continue reading →

Youtube videos translated into 300+ languages

YouTube, the video hosting platform, is using Google Translate technology to translate videos into over 300 languages – from Turkish to Tagalog to Tswana – in order to reach wider audiences. CNET reports how video producers can use the automatic caption translation service that uses Google Translate to translate into over 60 languages or the new service which translates more uncommon languages by letting users integrate the YouTube Video Manager with the Google Translator Toolkit. Continue reading →

Modern Languages project highlighted in new film release

This Friday sees the launch of “To say goodbye”: an animated documentary film based on the Spanish Civil War oral histories of “Los Niños”, which will have its premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival on 28th September. This film highlights the significant work of Alicia Pozo-Gutierrez from the Department of Modern Languages and others involved in this project. See the film website for more details. Continue reading →

Modern Languages project highlighted in new film release

This Friday sees the launch of “To say goodbye”: an animated documentary film based on the Spanish Civil War oral histories of “Los Niños”, which will have its premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival on 28th September. This film highlights the significant work of Alicia Pozo-Gutierrez from the Department of Modern Languages and others involved in this project. See the film website for more details. Continue reading →

New academic year, new language?

Why not start a new language this year and add to your employability? You can take a language module as an option through the Curriculum Innovation programme – choose from Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. To find out more, follow the Curriculum Innovation or Language Module links. Do tell us if there is a language you would like to learn that we don’t yet offer. Continue reading →

New academic year, new language?

Why not start a new language this year and add to your employability? You can take a language module as an option through the Curriculum Innovation programme – choose from Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. To find out more, follow the Curriculum Innovation or Language Module links. Do tell us if there is a language you would like to learn that we don’t yet offer. Continue reading →