Cultural Clusters
Here’s an interesting article about a recent study by George Barnett, professor of communication at the University of Buffalo. According to the study: …the decades-long tendency toward Internet dominance by …
Culture
Have a Mecca Cola and a Smile
When the world loved America, American multinationals could do (almost) no wrong. Nike, Coke, McDonald’s and the rest could sell their goods practically anywhere in the world and make a …
What’s the #3 Language in Canada?
If you didn’t grow up speaking English or French in Canada, you most likely spoke Chinese, according to new census data released on Tuesday. Statistics Canada reported the number of …
Nueva York
Language never stands still, particularly in NYC: “When you think that the United States is the fifth largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world and New York has more Spanish speakers …
Look Before You Localize
Research International just released the results of a study on global branding. I found this excerpt very interesting: Despite the growing need for localized positioning highlighted through the research, there …
Translating America
Former advertising executive Charlotte Beers, now undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, is launching a $10 million ad campaign that promotes America to the Arab world. Ads …
Adiós Inglés
According to Global Reach’s latest statistics on the use of language online, only 36.5 percent of the global online population are native English speakers.
¿Habla Spanglish?
Want to irritate your Spanish and English teachers at the same time? Try a little Spanglish. Here’s a recent Associated Press article… ”Language is not controlled by a small group …
And Europe’s Getting Bigger…
In a draft accord released early on Friday, the EU endorsed a recommendation by its executive arm, the Euroepan Commission, that the 10 candidate countries “fulfill the political criteria and …
Advertising America
According to this recent NY Times article, the State Department is launching an ad campaign to promote “American values” to the Muslim world: Special efforts will be made to give …
Spanish America
More than 10% of American residents now speak only Spanish at home, up from 7.5% in 1990, according Bill Frey, a senior fellow in demography at the Milken Institute. He …
Languages Living Together
After reading about languages doing battle in Romania, it’s nice to see that languages can coexist in Lebanon: Lebanon, a former French mandate country, is a good illustration of how …
No more “hot dogs” in Romania?
It’s not official yet, but there’s an interesting law in the works in Romania: It still awaits legal fine-tuning and presidential approval, but as it stands now, it dictates that …
Japanese Culture 101
The students become the teachers with this wonderful site.
Democracy, Translated
According to this NY Times story, Vietnam is requiring that anyone who wants to launch a Web site get government permission first. Here’s the story. What jumped out at me …