In an interesting interview on the “Center for the art of translation” webpage, Michael Matto, co-author of the book “The Word Exchange” talks about the evolution of the English language from “Old English” to today’s standards.

“Old English is the language of the Anglo-Saxons. It derives from members of a larger family of Germanic languages. Their poetry would have originally been composed orally and memorized for oral performance. Presumably these performances could vary in exact content, much like a contemporary folk or blues player might alter a song with each concert. However, which extant Old English poems were composed orally and which were written by literate poets remains a mystery, as do the specific circumstances of performance.”

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MultiLing Corporation recently launched a collaboration initiative with Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University (additional colleges and universities are anticipated). MultiLing is experiencing significant growth and has a growing need to hire foreign language talent-individuals who can translate and localize patents, marketing materials, and other documents for “high-tech,” medical, manufacturing, and other international clients.… [Continue reading]

MultiLing Headquarters in Provo, Utah have just announced a 35 percent growth in turnovers for the year 2010 through several new client acquisitions. Two US companies from the Fortune 100 index have chosen MultiLing as their primary translation service provider. They have outsourced heavy translation/localization workloads to MultiLing during the past year. Although MultiLing serves primarily larger Fortune 500 entities, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) also played an important role in 2010 when these entities expanded internationally in globalized markets. … [Continue reading]