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For those of us who vividly remember the late 90’s and early 00’s, during which the internet gained more and more significance each passing year, the term “globalization” should sound very familiar. While coined in the 18th century, the meaning we’ve been known to assign the term “globalization” dates back to 1989 as the Cold

Untranslatability is the quality of certain words which have no immediate equivalent when translated into another language. This lexical gap may arise from the fact that, in spite of globalization and the homologation of certain countries into one group despite the differences in languages (for example: Europe, the Western World), each language has its own “culture”,

Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] NASA tests air cabs The U.S. space agency NASA and the company Joby Aviation began tests of their first air taxi, a vertical aircraft that would be used to transport people and goods. The

Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Star+ will be launched in Argentina Star+, the latest video-on-demand service from The Walt Disney will be available as of August 31. The new platform will host a variety of programs aimed at mature

Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Capybaras in Nordelta Nordelta citizens have been on alert for the past several weeks due to the presence of these rodents. Neighbours are worried by the aggressive attitude of a few capybaras, and have

Interesting Facts about the French Language  We can all agree that French is probably one of the most significant Romance languages —which means it comes from Latin— in the modern world. As you may or may not know, it is one of the most popular languages worldwide, being amongst the top of number of countries

Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] New covid detection tool The Government of Buenos Aires City has developed an AI based system that analyses coughs and discerns whether it is compatible with COVID-19. This project opens the possibility of identifying

Accent and accent marks — A different we hardly ever stop to think about  In many languages, especially in Spanish, use these two terms indifferently, as if they shared the same meaning, or sometimes even swapping their meanings entirely. Let’s take a closer look at what they mean, which differences they hold and when exactly we

Estas son las noticias más relevantes de la semana en inglés y en español para que sigas ejercitando el inglés. [ENG] Alarm over Apple’s new tech Apple revealed plans to start scanning iPhone photos in the U.S. for images of child pornography within its Messages app and on the phone itself, raising immediate concerns regarding user

It is undeniable that science fiction has influenced all of society in more ways than one. Since its more resounding literary works, such as those by Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury, among others, have been heavily based on existing science and technology principals stretched beyond their limits at the time, this genre