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New: When Translation Was Essential: How language once held the world together — and why that role quietly changed amzn.to/3OlLRPw

Harlequin France is firing its human translators and replacing them with—welp, you guessed it. Harlequin France, which is owned by HarperCollins, has just confirmed that they’re shifting away from human translators with an eye to robot replacements. As The Bookseller reported this morn…

Harlequin France is firing its human translators and replacing them with—welp, you guessed it. lithub.com/harlequin-is...

When AI misunderstands the assignment.
(Without context, it mistranslated the Spanish/French verbs subir/monter as "upload" instead of "do not climb up" - on the statue platform)

Speaking Spanish In The U.S.A.: amzn.to/4ksK4Eq
El Español de los Estados Unidos: amzn.to/4trYE2U
An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States: amzn.to/4tGJZ4e
Varieties of Spanish in the United States: amzn.to/4s0Czar

Check out Langston Hill’s new Japanese language learning books - The Japanese Language Manual Volumes 1 and 2:
Instagram post with the author: instagram.com/reel/DKMeFpo...
Book 1: amzn.to/3Mcv6We
(click READ SAMPLE to see sample pages)
Book 2: amzn.to/4q4F1v6

Diccionario de Colombianismos (amzn.to/3NCvWMy) - Beautiful 540-page book of Colombian Spanish slang #colombianslang #spanishslang

Her Land, Her Love Ninaanibaa’s heart belonged to Hashké Yil Naabaah (The Warrior Who Fights with Anger). She loved him for protecting his awéé’ (babies), K’é (kinship), Naabeehó (Navajo people) and Dinétah (land). Hash...

Her Land, Her Love. amzn.to/3Mclyuo Novel with story in English and dialogue in Navajo (with translation) from the author of the #Navajo language textbook Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah Rediscovering the Navajo Language

Most Languages Don't Have This Feature YouTube video by magnify

A feature of the Cherokee language that every language should adopt:
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Due to budget cuts, our translator is now a blender.

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds [Zafarris, Jess] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds. "Astronaut" is a "star sailor". A thesaurus is quite literally a "treasure trove" of words. Why isn't English considered a Romance language if more than half of our vocabulary is Latin-derived?" amzn.to/49qgjjE

Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble YouTube video by Robert Reich

Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxB...

Her Story: tinyurl.com/mdabpnn8
Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Haas
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwab...

AI crashes out when you ask it to show you something that doesn't exist:

Inventing Languages Amazon.com: Inventing Languages: 9781108799416: González, Carolina: Books

New: Inventing Languages amzn.to/48LmwVY

A Foundation Course in Reading German – Simple Book Publishing This textbook guides a learner who has no previous German experience to gain the ability to accurately understand formal written German prose, aided only by a comprehensive dictionary.

Free book: A Foundation Course in Reading German wisc.pb.unizin.org/readinggerman/

The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books) Buy The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles (Alex Bellos Puzzle Books) on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

Fun gift idea for the language lover on your list: "The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles" amzn.to/49iCtnG

Why Q Needs U Why Q Needs U [Danny Bate] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Why Q Needs U

Why Q Needs You takes readers on a journey through the English alphabet, not just to share fun facts, but to reveal the alphabet's hidden mechanisms and inspire a newfound sense of wonder in this ancient tool. amzn.to/49icHzZ

Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years!
Link to Book: amzn.to/3K84qoQ
Article about the dictionary: wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Over 5,000 new words including cold brew, farm-to-table, parklet, heat dome, rizz, gaslighting, telework, doggo

The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)

Ixtlamatiquetl Frankenstein (Spanish Edition) Amazon.com: Ixtlamatiquetl Frankenstein (Spanish Edition): 9781533527219: Garcia, John, De la Cruz, Victoriano: Books

Frankenstein translated into Huasteca Nahuatl by author of Nahuatl textbook #nahuatl
Link to Book: amzn.to/3X70kQI
Link to author's textbook: amzn.to/4oazG4v

Are AI Subtitles Good Enough? Why Most Viewers Say ‘No’ This article is for content creators, businesses, and professionals who care about the quality and impact of their videos—and want to understand why human-translated subtitles are still far superior t...

Are AI Subtitles Good Enough? Why Most Viewers Say ‘No’ payhip.com/FreelanceTra...

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words. "With half of our 7,000 languages due to disappear this century, linguicide is one of the most pressing cultural emergencies of our age." amzn.to/4pjKPRe

The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)

E Pluribus English: The Many Languages We Speak When We Speak English

New: E Pluribus English: The Many Languages We Speak When We Speak English amzn.to/3LIgmOr

The book Little Brother (amzn.to/42Uj6LW) (full of contemporary slang – see sample) has been translated into both Standard Esperanto (amzn.to/41AWuyI) and a gender-neutral version (amzn.to/42AYA3d) (ex. frato changed to sibo (sibling)). #Esperanto

Now with over 5000 human-created books and resources! LanguageCrawler's Language Learning Bookstore: Curated books and podcasts to learn over 250 languages: www.amazon.com/shop/languag...

The Race to Save the World's Vanishing Languages Thousands of languages are facing extinction, and researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to preserve and revitalize them. Can this technology save endangered languages before it’s too late...

The Race to Save the World's Vanishing Languages
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Thousands of languages are facing extinction, and researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to preserve and revitalize them. Can this technology save endangered languages before it’s too late?

Digital linguists work to save the Arapaho language New database built with over 100,000 Arapaho sentences.

Digital linguists work to save the Arapaho language
New database built with over 100,000 Arapaho sentences. www.popsci.com/science/ling...

Linguist's Tapes Transform Indigenous Language Study Throughout her long career as a linguist, Sally McLendon eagerly anticipated her annual trips to California's Lake County and her conversations with

Linguist's Tapes Transform Indigenous Language Study
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"Her mother had amassed a vast collection of notes and recordings beginning in 1959 that chronicled three of the seven distinct Pomoan languages."

I broke ChatGPT YouTube video by Aaron Goldenberg

ChatGPT broken? Proof that AI is not really intelligent: www.youtube.com/shorts/dbPT0...