Endangered languages don't seem as self-evidently valuable as say, endangered species are to the functioning of a healthy ecosystem. As the famous example goes, Eskimo have numerous words to describe what in English would simply [...]

Professor of translation at Hong Kong Baptist University, Tan Zaixi claims that "the Chinese tradition of translation is an 'externally-oriented' tradition, whereas in the West there is a more 'internally-oriented' one". Traditionally, Chinese translation theories [...]

Kimono is a Japanese traditional outfit for ladies and it literally means a "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing"). Japanese experts have to undertake training through 3 separate levels in order to qualify [...]