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How Italy Improved My English The curious thing is how differently literary influence plays out when you are transferring to another language. In the same language, influence can look dangerously like imitation. But transferring Natalia Ginzburg into my English world, linguistic and cultural, made something new happen.

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Technology is not going to crush the language barrier anytime soon Despite undeniable improvement in online translation tools, language contains nuances that are impossible for computers to ever learn how to interpret.

Bilingual kids: a few words from the finish line “Look, la muna!” Three little words that encompass two worlds. This is the first complete sentence I remember, the first spoken record of our escapades as a bilingual family. It was a spring evenin...

How diplomats learn so many new languages in a short amount of time If you've ever wanted to master a new language, take a lesson from the pros — foreign diplomats.