Top #language and #xl8 tweets in 2013

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We would like to share with you the best language and translation tweets published in November 2013.
Check out the list as there are quite a few insightful, useful and even funny new teweets.

The list was published on Your professional translator website.

 
Language tweets:
World Economic Forum @davos
Does your personality change depending on the #language you speak? wef.ch/f2wIk #WEF  @TheEconomist

hyperlingo @hyperlingo

British Council says Spanish is the most important #language to learn | ow.ly/r3uXQ

autismspeaks @autismspeaks

Our study counters belief if children don’t acquire #language by 5, they never will and wins NIH grant! bit.ly/1cFM9TQ

Rosetta Stone @rosettastone

Is “Huh?” a Universal Word? n.pr/17vkSDQ #language

Rosetta Stone @rosettastone

Speaking a second #language delays dementia, even for the illiterate, new study finds. ow.ly/qB0GH

Pimsleur Approach @pimsleurtweets

For all you language learning geniuses: RT @LanguageDove The perfect #language #learner :)) pic.twitter.com/aB6j7fHUM6

hyperlingo @hyperlingo

BBC News – The loneliness of #language difficulties ow.ly/qF6PL

Rosetta Stone @rosettastone

Can you guess the #language that was voted as the “World’s Sexiest Language?” nydn.us/1bvqy0c

Erik Hansson @erik_hansson

Students air their thoughts on language preservation bit.ly/1abwJao #Navajo #indigenous #language

Language Bandit @languagebandit

Amazing maps of words across Europe: businessinsider.com/european-maps-… #Europe #language #maps #etymology

hyperlingo @hyperlingo

Would You Read The New Yorker If It Just Wrote About #Language? | ow.ly/qH2eO

The Culture-ist @thecultureist

5 Free Language Learning Apps for the Culture-Obsessed Traveler ow.ly/qCzzY #language #travel

Catherine Christaki @linguagreca

10 British Slang Expressions You Will Hear When Visiting London ow.ly/qjXiq by @ShanthiStreat #language

Dorothy Bishop @deevybee

New #RALLI video :intro to bilingualism: dispelling the myths. bit.ly/17hVraW #language #slPeeps

hyperlingo @hyperlingo

Honda adopts English as its official #language in meetings worldwide – ow.ly/rb9yB

24translate Inc @24translateinc

Anyone learning German? Here is a little practice… #language youtube.com/watch?v=gG62za…

Michael Parekh @mparekh

Why “Turkeys are named after Turkey” & why the birds are called Hindi in #Turkey nyti.ms/1eqcLcY #History #Language #Culture #English

BarbaraBaird Aguirre @blesliebaird

#Language analysis, understanding #readability scores: brev.is/pku2 Handcrafts and Handyman blog

Eve Lindemuth Bodeux @ebodeux

Links / PDF of my presentation on maintaining #French #language skills at #ata54 ow.ly/qI9XX – ideas can work for other langs too

Prashanth Bhat @prashanthbhat

MIM wants Urdu to be the first language in Telangana state. #secular #language deccanchronicle.com/131106/news-cu… 
Translation tweets:Erik Hansson @erik_hanssonThis is what I call a nice initiative! Sticky appreciation: Love your translator! bit.ly/1fAI6e5 #xl8

Maryam Abdi @maryam_abdi
a little freelancing Friday humor #xl8 #t9n #1nt pic.twitter.com/1nJXrDkceX

Erik Hansson @erik_hansson
“An interpreter is not a translator” – compulsory read for all clients to tend to mix up bit.ly/1cTCNZr #xl8

Nikki Graham @nikki_graham
An unpleasant experience this week has prompted me to roll out another blog post: Warning about Google Translate tranix-translations.blogspot.com/2013/11/warnin… #xl8

interpreterpaul @interpreterpaul
EU citizens accused of crime have right to interpretation in all courts in EU, new directive: ow.ly/26CydH #xl8 #1nt

Am Translators Assn @atanet
Google Turns to Human Translators infoinc.com/ATA/NovemberIs… #translator #xl8

Catherine Christaki @linguagreca
Proofreading, editing, revising: What’s the difference? ow.ly/qTWz1 by @Else_Gellinek #xl8

Jayne Fox @jaynefox

A handy list of resources and books for translators buff.ly/18fjYbu by @Else_Gellinek #xl8

Marta Stelmaszak @mstelmaszak
How To Meet People At Conferences ow.ly/qzGs0 – very important for #xl8

Jayne Fox @jaynefox
An EU list of acronyms in 23 languages buff.ly/1iegbFu via @wordstodeeds #xl8 #1nt

Erik Hansson @erik_hansson

Splendid read about invisible translators: Breaking the Wall of Invisibility. bit.ly/1bQk38t cc @AnjaMue #xl8 #loveyourtranslator

Jayne Fox @jaynefox
Translators: great comparison of working with agencies vs. direct clients buff.ly/1gzaVI8 by @corinnemckay  #xl8

Rose Newell @lingocode
Really shocked by this guide to “faking it till you make it” in translation #xl8 utterly irresponsible fb.me/205VjfFnw

Paul Sulzberger @pauledgar1
Are translation rates dragged down by an “Anchoring Effect”? buff.ly/18y31NC by @TransBunko #xl8

Estelle Magnier @magnestelle
João Cerqueira: “The literary translator is also a writer in a way he creates another book with the same story.” bit.ly/1bOcI7Q #xl8

Louise Péron @lsptranslation
Wish you had attended #ata54? Read @corinnemckay‘s (bit.ly/1dzH4h0) @LinguaGreca‘s (bit.ly/1gRT4yW) recap posts #xl8

The Japan News @the_japan_news
#Japan to beef up capabilities of multilingual speech #translation system ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. the-japan-news.com/news/article/0…

Richard Brooks @richardmbrooks
Jerk Chicken translated as ‘rude and unreasonable chicken’ (another one we didn’t do). #retail #translation #fail pic.twitter.com/A2MSgXABfK

Marta Stelmaszak @mstelmaszak
Etsy Starts Taking
#Translation Seriously ow.ly/qLzom – Seriously?! By rolling out automated translation? Not impressed, @Etsy

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