Android was slowly adopted by most phone makers when it first launched. It took a while for the bugs to be worked out of the first handset that ran the android OS, but today Android is gaining traction in the smartphone market. There are more handsets being unveiled every day running Android making it one [...]
Pepsi-Cola´s intriguing insight from Latin America that many Spanish speakers can pronounce the brand´s name more easily and phonetically without that pesky second “P,” has arrived in Spain. In a new commercial-within-a-commercial, hunky Spanish soccer star Fernando Torres gets fed up when the director keeps correcting the way he says “Pesi” on camera.
After the English-speaking [...]
Learn how to speak Spanish by knowing how to greet someone in Spanish in this free language video on learning how to speak Spanish. Expert: Mixitxu Etxeberria Bio: Mixitxu Etxeberria speaks fluent Spanish, holds a BA in Linguistics from Reed College, lived in Spain for one year, taught Spanish for six months. Filmmaker: EV studios
Cinemas in Spain´s northeastern region of Catalonia will close for a day on Monday in protest against a new law requiring that 50 percent of all foreign films screened there be dubbed into Catalan.
The region, which includes Barcelona, Spain´s second largest city, accounts for about one-fifth of the country´s box office but just two percent [...]
A new grammar book has been launched in Spain that aims to draw up joint rules for a language spoken by some 500 million people in more than 20 nations.
It took the Royal Language Academy of Spain (RAE) over 11 years to complete two volumes covering some 4,000 pages.
A third volume is expected to be [...]
Spectacles that can provide subtitles have been created by hi-tech firm NEC.
Resembling glasses but lacking lenses, the headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user’s retina.
NEC said it planned a version that used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language.
The firm said the gadget, dubbed [...]
The third Juvenes Translatores contest for EU secondary schools gets under way today with the opening of the registration period. “Juvenes Translatores ”, which means “young translators ” in Latin, will have the chance to try their hand at translating a text into a language of their choice and to win a prize. This increasingly [...]
www.cleverlittlepeas.com New series of childrens language videos available immediately as digital downloads. Download entire video for only .95 and burn your own copy to DVD! In this video your child will be introduced to the ABC’s in spanish with fun music & wonderful animations. Simple vocabulary & familiar objects your child will recognize are used [...]
