Whose North Korea Is It, Anyway?
Over the past month, one of the most interesting questions in international relations has been the whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. While it now appears that things are returning to the...
View ArticleLanguages in the Workplace
In 2013, the British Council released its "Languages for the Future" report which outlines the most important languages for the UK in terms of aiding economic prosperity. Unsurprisingly, Spanish,...
View ArticleGreenlandic is back
Greenlandic is back On 1 April 2010, EVS Translations received a short e-mail inquiry: “Could you please translate some documents into Greenlandic?” At first we thought that this was a nice April...
View ArticleZTE: The Phone You Know Better than You Think
If a company is a big player in the world’s largest mobile phone market, boasts strategic partnerships with 47 of the world’s top 50 mobile carriers and is present in 160 countries and regions...
View ArticleWhat Proofreading Involves
Join us in this series of 4 articles focusing on the proofreading process at EVS Translations. Each article will cover a different aspect of proofreading so that the reader understands: - What...
View ArticleSouth Korea Shines among Its Global Neighbours
When asked about the economic powers of Europe, people will mostly reply with the standard answers of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, while very few will mention Switzerland, which enjoys a...
View ArticleThe Baltic Migrants Hub to Home
When the Baltic States joined the European Union in 2004, the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania hoped their countries will provide a high standard of living. However, the reality proved far...
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Croatian Language Facts
How the Croats tied our necks and tongues 1. How the Croats tied our necks The Croatian language might tie your tongue on a knot while you try to pronounce the Croatian word for a necktie kravata....
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Romania and Romanian Language Trivia
1) Romanian is part of the family of languages known as ‘Romance languages’, which includes French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. All of these derive from Vulgar Latin, which was the colloquial...
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Iceland offers an out of this world nature, cuisine, equality, sustainability...
Think of lunar landscapes, geysers, and black sand beaches…and now imagine red hot lava pouring down from a cliff, straight into the crashing waves of the ocean! Well, these are just casual Icelandic...
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Indonesia – Facts and Trivia
If Indonesia isn’t interesting, you’re not trying Indonesia, being entirely an archipelago, has the second longest coastline in the world (following Canada). And while Indonesia is comprised of over...
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Random Czech Facts
Random Czech Facts Czech people are among the top educated in the EU and that comes as no surprise considering the oldest university in Eastern Europe, and one of the oldest in the world in continuous...
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Indonesian language forged a national identity
Modern Indonesian language comes from the Classical Malay used in the courts of the Malacca Sultanate. While its predecessor, Old Malay, progressively became the dominant language in the region...
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Portuguese Language – Past and Future
It is official, Portugal are Euro 2016 champions, but then thinking of truly international languages, Portuguese, somehow seems to get lost in the mix. Even when people think of the Iberian Peninsula,...
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Ukraine: Who Knew?
Ukraine must be a good place, because few people leave. According to a recent study, approximately 77% of Ukrainians have never been outside of the Ukraine, and a further 36% have never left their...
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Gingham
Summertime is in its peak and we are looking to be wearing less or nothing at all. You know, being stranded on a tropical beach requires the lightest attire possible as sand and clothes do not work...
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Indonesian language – a comfortable localisation challenge
Indonesian language is spoken by nearly a quarter of a billion people. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, as the name suggests, is the official language of Indonesia, while the term Malay Indonesian is...
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Random Slovenian Facts
Slovenian Facts With half the size of Switzerland and home to 2 million people (0.27% of the EU’s population), Slovenia is a small country, yet those small numbers hold a lot. Situated at the...
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Ukrainian Language Facts
Logically, Ukrainians would speak the official language, Ukrainian. While this is true for like two thirds of the population, outside of them, things can quickly become confusing. In areas near...
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What I Miss about Poland
As told by one of EVS Translations UK Project Managers When asked this question, I had to genuinely ponder as there was not a single thing that popped into my mind instantly… Well, apart from the...
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