English 'world language' forecast
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A third of people on the planet will be learning English in the next decade,  says a report.
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Microsoft-sponsored open-source group expected to release ODF translator for Word.
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English high schools may teach Mandarin or Arabic instead of EU languages in new curriculum proposals.
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English-derived neologism bids for world domination God alone knows what Cervantes would have made of it, but the English term "blogosphere" has slithered onto the growing list of neologisms shoehorned into the noble Castillian language, joining chatear, chip, formatear, Internet and mÃ³dem in a burgeoning list of tech and net-based foreign vocab.â¦Learn &amp; Contribute, Live &amp; Online - The Register Debates Green Computing
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By Sanjay Suri  LONDON, Sep. 21, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The appearance of an English- language service from Al Jazeera television will mark more than expansion of a company; it will come as one of the biggest challenges yet to Western news providers, academics say.
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Siemens, the quintessentially German engineering group, is planning to hold the bulk of its senior management meetings in English in further evidence of the impact of globalisation on German companies.
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And what may be in store for the rest of 2007.
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A listing of news events to watch for in the coming week.
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Determined that dying languages not be lost forever, researchers are traveling the world to interview the last speakers. One language is lost about every two weeks, they say.
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There are times when having an English degree comes in handy for looking at the business world. This is one of those times because the only way to grasp the essence of the Hewlett-Packard and "backdated" stock options scandals is to speak in plain English instead of using euphemisms that obscure...
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I think I've mentioned this before but on Saturday Feb 12th I'll be talking  about the Jakarta FeedParser at CodeCon  in San Francisco.  I published an outline  of the talk on the FeedParser wiki.  I'm hoping to have a 0.5 release done before then and havepotentially another suprise in the works.
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At the European Union's daily news conference recently, the names of the 20 languages into which questions and answers would be translated shone in red lights on an elevated board, like the departure ...Comment
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David Crystal explores the development of the English language, shining a nonjudgmental light on alternative forms and newer variants.
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Text of report by VOA News.com website on 5 February  The new US budget proposal would eliminate most Voice of America English broadcasts, as well as radio programmes in 12 other languages.
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A campaign to encourage more people to study languages at university is being launched in England.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet and more in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be ...
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A Swedish Canon executive said announcements are planned for January. My guesses include sequels to two SLRs, the Rebel XTi and 5D.