Posts Tagged ‘English

Google Translate has rolled a out several new features, including the ability to hear your translated English text spoken by a computerized voice. For maximum cross-browser compatibility, Google Translate embeds text-to-speech mp3s using Flash. However, web developer Weston Ruter has already figured out how to grab the audio files for use on any webpage and [...]

Their videos have been seen by millions and millions of viewers and have taught the same amount pretty much everything there is to know about…hm…everything. Common Craft is a company that specializes in creating easy to understand videos about current subjects that people don’t really get. It’s kind of like the tutorials “for dummies” but [...]

While Twitter may have taken second place in Bing’s 10 most searched topics of 2009, we’ve now learned that it has become top dog in something far bigger: the entire English language. The Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends, has once again compiled and released its yearly list of the most popular words and [...]

Yeah, we have quite a few English design blogs around don’t we? But today we’re gonna say Thanks to every non-English blogger that doesn’t follow the trend and acts (+ writes) local. So here’s a short roundup of our favorite etranger visual inspiration blogs. Please leave other links in the comments and we’ll update the [...]

Google’s tool for translating text between 51 languages, Google Translate, has just added some very nifty and very useful features, with the biggest change being the addition of instant, real-time translations. While the company hasn’t removed the “translate” button from its service, it should because now the proper translation will appear in real-time below the [...]


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