Spelling Faux Pas

Bad spelling – the cause of feverish frustration for some and immense hilarity for others. Whether it be on posters or menus, food labels or road signs; spelling mistakes can be found everywhere – just take a look at these examples found throughout the UK. However, in a recent BBC article it was the impact [...]

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What could your language degree do for you?

This article will be part of a series of blogs focusing on language graduate employment. Here at Euro London, we often encounter students who are unaware of the career opportunities available to language graduates – with many perceiving translation or teaching as the only options to utilise their language skill. We aim to dispell this [...]

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Spotlight on translation

We spend a lot of time spreading the message that there are a wide range of jobs you can do with languages – anything from a football analyst to a games tester – and that linguists don’t have to choose either teaching or translation as a career path. However should you want a career in [...]

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Text messaging, and translation

Phones seem to be able to anything these days. Calls are just the beginning – now we can surf the web, listen to music and play games on our handsets too. But those technology pioneers over at Google are preparing the next big thing when it comes to phones: translation. It is building software to [...]

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Ireland pays the price for lack of translators

We know how valuable language skills are to the workforce and the economy, but it seems like there’s even more evidence now to show that there’s a high price tag attached to the lack of language skills across the English speaking world. A new report shows that a shortage of translators in Ireland, capable of [...]

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