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A 25 Y.O. Inventor Invented Smart Gloves That Auto-Translate Sign Language Into Speech

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:58:42 +0300

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language. Roy Allela – a young and ambitious 25-year-old technology enthusiast from Kenya recognized this problem and it paved the way to his newest invention.

Map Reveals How Long It Takes To Learn Different Languages

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:33:52 +0300

Interested in learning a foreign language, but need one that’s easy and time-efficient to pick up? The Foreign Service Institute has done the handy task of sorting major languages around the world into 5 categories of difficulty according to their differences from English, and Reddit user Fummy has translated that data into a color-coded map to make it all simpler.

This Amazing Tree That Shows How Languages Are Connected Will Change The Way You See Our World

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:28:40 +0300

Did you know that most of the different languages we speak today can actually be placed in only a couple of groups by their origin? This is what illustrator Minna Sundberg has captured in an elegant infographic of a linguistic tree which reveals some fascinating links between different tongues.

Neighbourhood Learns Sign Language To Surprise Deaf Neighbor

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:50:15 +0300

Muharrem, a deaf man living in Istanbul, just received a huge surprise when, one morning, everyone he bumped into in his neighborhood responded to him with sign language! A team of people from Samsung and the Leo Burnett ad agency spent a month setting up cameras and teaching people throughout his neighborhood sign language. On the appointed day, Ozlem went for a walk with her deaf brother, who was stunned to meet so many signing people in a world where those who can communicate in sign are often few and far between.

British people hate the way Americans say...

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:25:08 +0400

Differences between British and American English

T-Shirts Lost In Translation

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:43:22 +0400

This is a series called English (Emphasis on “ISH”). It features t-shirts being sold in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district, all of which contain a nugget of truth, like “Money is like much not not,” “SORRY Probably, he is smart?” and “Anyone asks donkey is feel better.” None of which makes any damn sense. Okay, except the one that says Detroit Murder City. That… is probably the most accurate description possible. The pics were actually taken by my big brother’s childhood best friend’s friend, Alan. I hope he bought all of them. If he didn’t, well, Alan? You f***ed up. HARD. Send me a souvenir?

What “trash” and “garbage” meant before they were synonyms

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:41:25 +0400

For many English speakers, the words “trash” and “garbage” are virtually interchangeable. If there’s a difference at all, it’s a subtle one rather than the words having completely different definitions. But that wasn’t always the case…

11 Words With No English Translation

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:27:53 +0400

The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years deconstructing it, taking it apart letter by letter, and trying to figure out why there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot even put words to, and that our languages cannot identify. The idea that words cannot always say everything has been written about extensively - as Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon the absolute truth.