http://www.alsintl.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:15:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/korean-language-differences/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/korean-language-differences/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:11:46 +0000 Autumn at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=15218 It should come as no surprise that the Korean language is spoken in both North and South Korea. But there are some differences between the written and spoken word in these areas, despite the fact that both varieties are called "Korean."]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/korean-language-differences/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/somali-in-minneapolis-minnesota/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/somali-in-minneapolis-minnesota/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:44:46 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=15030 Minneapolis, Minnesota, has an impressively large population of German and Scandinavian descent, but as of late the city’s growing population of Somali immigrants has been drawing attention.]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/somali-in-minneapolis-minnesota/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/localization-differences-in-english/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/localization-differences-in-english/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:57:01 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14972 When conducting business in an English-speaking locale, professional localization is an important part of getting the nuances of the language just right for that particular region.]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/localization-differences-in-english/feed/ 1 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/burmese-american-fort-wayne-indiana/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/burmese-american-fort-wayne-indiana/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:44:05 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14987 The unlikely locale of Fort Wayne, Indiana, boasts the highest concentration of Burmese Americans in the country. As their cultural presence grows, so too does the need for language services to accommodate the growing population.]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/burmese-american-fort-wayne-indiana/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/spoken-written-languages-in-india/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/spoken-written-languages-in-india/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:22:26 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14922 With more than a billion people on the Indian subcontinent, one would expect a variety of languages. In fact, India is home to hundreds of unique languages – and when you include dialects, that number jumps up to the thousands.]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/spoken-written-languages-in-india/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/arabic-in-dearborn-michigan/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/arabic-in-dearborn-michigan/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:22:28 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14791 Michigan may not seem the most likely of places for immigrants from the Middle East to settle, but its cities, most notably Dearborn, have become home to some of the largest Arab American communities in the US.]]> http://www.alsintl.com/blog/arabic-in-dearborn-michigan/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/punctuation-language/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/punctuation-language/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:21:45 +0000 Dan at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14806 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/punctuation-language/feed/ 1 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/hmong-in-fresno/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/hmong-in-fresno/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:36:33 +0000 Ronen at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14502 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/hmong-in-fresno/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/unusual-foreign-language-classes/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/unusual-foreign-language-classes/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:30:29 +0000 Dan at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=14651 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/unusual-foreign-language-classes/feed/ 0 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/language-diversity-us-states/ http://www.alsintl.com/blog/language-diversity-us-states/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:23:38 +0000 Alison at Accredited Language http://www.alsintl.com/?p=13905 http://www.alsintl.com/blog/language-diversity-us-states/feed/ 0