According to Mother Nature Network, the tiny country of Luxembourg boasts citizens who are fluent in four different languages. The co-official languages are French and German, with official government communication conducted in French. However, English is taught in all schools, and when speaking to one another, citizens use Luxembourgish, a unique combination of German and […]
The unique country of Suriname is located in South America, but you may be surprised to learn that the official language spoken by more than half of Suriname citizens is Dutch. As a former colony, Suriname boasts a unique cultural makeup with influences from the Netherlands, India, China, the Caribbean, South America and the Indonesian […]
What does it take to achieve successful international business? Making sure that your company’s products and marketing materials speak to people in their own language. Targeting a country isn’t always specific enough, you must look at the different languages spoken within that country and culture. What comes to mind when you think of Aruba? Do […]
What’s the most unique language in the world? Linguists all over the world believe it might be Pirahã, a language spoken by a tribe of about 350 people in the Amazon. Pirahã lacks basic sentence structure, undermining the long-held belief that sentence structure is something that all languages have in common. At ASTA-USA Translation […]
Ethnologue defines a living language as, “One that has at least one speaker for whom it is their first language.” There are an estimated 7,097 languages in use today. On the map below, each language is indicated just once as a pin in its primary country. We hope you enjoy this post on Living Languages Translations. […]
Spanish Language Translation Spanish is the world’s second-most spoken native language. A Romance language that emerged from Castile in Spain, it has grown to become the primary language of twenty nations around the world. The estimates of those who speak Spanish range from 470 to 500 million worldwide. Spanish language translation services for corporations […]
Mandarin is a language, not a dialect. Dialects are versions of the same language familiar to each other enough so that two people speaking in different dialects can completely understand each other. Mandarin and Cantonese, for example, are substantially different, enough to make cross-communication difficult, classifying both as languages. However, Mandarin, being a form of […]
English is currently the third most widely used language in the world, behind Mandarin and Spanish. The primary language of many countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations, an estimated 375 million people are native speakers while about 220 million […]
Spanish Translation Services & the ASTA-USA Difference What is the secret behind ASTA-USA Translation Services, Inc.’s success? Our talented teams of experienced translators. For more than 30 years, we’ve carefully selected the best and brightest translators in the industry to become part of the ASTA-USA team. That, in addition to our carefully crafted business practices, […]
ASTA-USA Translation Services, Inc. is thrilled to introduce Lourdes Rodriguez, our Translation Director for Puerto Rico, Latin America and International Operations. She is highly skilled, bringing well-rounded experience and intelligence to the position. Lourdes is not only a key business presence; she is also a bilingual translator registered with the American Translators Association. Her knowledge […]