In keeping with our focus on South Africa’s official languages, here is another overview of Sesotho sa Leboa in order to help differentiate between Sesotho, Sesotho sa Leboa and Sepedi. We found this on africanlanguages.com Name: Sesotho sa Leboa English name: Northern Sotho Other names: North Sotho, Sepedi, Pedi Population: 4,208,980 ISO code: nso Spoken in the following countries: South[…]
In today’s fast-paced environment, nearly every second sentence you hear contains some sort of abbreviation related to technology. We thought it a good idea to include some of Multilingual magazines Resource Directory for 2012, available for download, and make it a little easier on all of us. Just search Multilingual Magazine on Google, click on[…]
For the next two weeks we will be looking at Sesotho sa Leboa. We’ll be interviewing our translators to find out more about their experiences translating into Sepedi, their favourite phrases and how they got into becoming a Sesotho sa Leboa translator in the first place. However, first let’s look at Sesotho sa Leboa and[…]
News24 have released this article highlighting our most prevalent languages in the country, according to the 2011 Census results. More information on the Census results to come. 2012-10-30 10:03 Cape Town – More than a fifth of the population speak isiZulu at home, according to the Census 2011 results released on Tuesday. Just over 11.5[…]
In keeping with our focus on South Africa’s eleven official languages, we would like to introduce you to some of our Ndebele translators. Mabongi is scared of snakes and one of our top Ndebele translators. 1. Which languages do you translate and what industries do you specialise in? “English to IsiNdebele and IsiNdebele to English.”[…]
This fortnight we will focus on Ndebele, one of South Africa’s eleven official languages. There are essentially two dialects of Ndebele, namely Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele, or Matabele/ isiNdebele. The Northern and Southern Ndebele languages both fall in the Nguni group of Bantu languages. Northern Ndebele is essentially a dialect of Zulu, and the[…]
We thought it may be interesting to take a look at Google translate and what it really offers users online. It’s a great tool and we want to be able to offer you all the best possible options we can in helping you to communicate effectively around the world. Google translate is a great for[…]
The past month has been an exciting one for Web-lingo. Some of this month’s projects include: Publishing: Translation and Proofreading of Learner and Teacher Guides for Grades 7, 8, 9 from English into Afrikaans. Approximately 300 000 words translated straight into InDesign files. Client saved more than 30% on repetitions. Client Feedback: “Efficiency,[…]
Here’s another interview with one of our Afrikaans translators. Spikkels has been translating for over 30 years and knows the Afrikaans language like the back of her own hand. 1. Which languages do you translate and what industries do you specialise in? “English and Afrikaans, specialising in government /local government and education.” 2. How long[…]
In keeping with our Afrikaans theme, we interviewed another one of our translators. All translators are tried-and-tested, university credited and highly experienced in their respective languages and area’s of specialisation. Meet Word for Word, one of our foremost Afrikaans translators. 1. Which languages do you translate and what industries do you specialise in? “I translate[…]