Ontmoet ons nuwe vakleerling Marizaan Brink
My liefde vir taal is al van kleins af baie prominent. Ek onthou hoe ek as jong dogtertjie my boekies oor en oor gelees het, totdat ek die woorde kon…
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
The United Nations’ International Day of Friendship is a movement to address many of the everyday challenges faced by humankind. Underlying this undertaking is the belief that solidarity of the…
Ontmoet ons nuwe vakleerling Elizé Lottering
Vandat ek kan onthou, wil ek myself uitleef in alles wat kreatiwiteit behels. Ek is baie dankbaar dat my ma ons van kleins af boeke by die biblioteek laat uitneem…
Spanish Language Day
Observed annually on 23 April, United Nations Spanish Language Day (Día del Idioma Español en las Naciones Unidas) was first held in 2010 as a means of linguistic, cultural,…
AITCO 2024: In the Land of a Thousand Hills
The 4th Africa International Translation Conference (AITCO) was held from 8-10 February 2024. The venue: M Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. I was pleasantly surprised by how much interest in…
World Hello Day
World Hello Day was created on 21 November 1973 by brothers and university graduates Brian and Michael McCormack in response to the Yom Kippur War. The brothers started the movement…
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is an observance dedicated to the preservation of cultural histories and traditions by means of audiovisual archiving. Equal parts celebration of and commitment to cultural…
Video Game Localisation
Africa has proven itself to be a dark horse in the global gaming industry boom, with regional revenues expected to surpass the $1 billion mark by 2024. While these sales…
Language and Environmentalism
In June we marked World Environment Day. A day underscoring the fact that a healthy environment is the foundation of a prosperous society and that attaining such a state is…
Meet our new intern Mareli Swart
As jy vir my drie jaar gelede gevra het of ek vir die res van my lewe wil vertaal, sou ek gehuiwer het oor my antwoord, en vandag huiwer ek…