Heading to a place where you don't know the language? One of the handiest apps in any traveler's toolbox is Google Translate, whose instant camera makes translating the world as easy as pointing your ...

Google Translate is a useful resource for translating text online, and is continuously improving its ability and range. The tool supports over 100 languages, and includes features such as bilingual ...

Why does the issue of language in advertising arouse such strong feelings? What are some of the complexities involved? Folio invited me to open a window on their perspective, outlining some of the ...

Rick de Villiers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Whilst writing my candyfloss piece on vampires, I once again realized that Afrikaans is a unique language and there is just some things that sound better in Afrikaans. Take a good old SA “braai”, ...

At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived – not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language. Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known drama, Waiting for ...