2015 has been an interesting year, so we thought we'd end it by taking a look at our ten most popular posts from 2015, as well as the ten most popular posts we shared from around the web. Today we'll just be focusing on our own blog. Without further ado, here we go:
Top 10 Blog Posts
10: Breakfast, Brunch, and Brinner: A Guide to English Meals (July 3rd)
It seems that English-speaking nations love their food and have a multitude of interesting words for the meals throughout the day. We had a look at them back in July and it proved popular. You can read the full post here.
9: Localizing The Aisle: The Power of "Foreign Branding" (March 11th)
Making products sound foreign can make them more appealing. In March we discussed how languages were employed in marketing to sell products. You can read the full post here.
8: Why Translation is a Fascinating Career (August 28th)
In August we sang the praises of our chosen careers, and it looked like many of our readers agreed with us. You can read the full post here.
7: A Destruction of Cats: Collective Nouns of the Animal Kingdom (May 15th)
The intriguing collective nouns for animals from the English language proved very popular back in May and throughout the year. You can read the full post here.
6: Why There's No Such Thing as "Untranslatable" (April 22nd)
The internet is full of articles of the best "untranslatable" words from languages around the world. As professional translators, we think people need to rethink their use of this term. We explained why in April. You can read the full post here.
5: Romance Languages: From Aragonese to Zarphatic (May 1st)
It seems our readers love a bit of Romance languages. Our post from May covering one of the world's most important language families was one of the most popular of the year. You can read the full post here.
4: How French Gave English its Sophisticated Words (February 4th)
Towards the start of the year we covered the reasons behind many of English's most prestigious words being ultimately from the French language. You can read the full post here.
3: Why It's Hard to be a Translator and a Language Lover (May 29th)
In May we discussed the difficulties we were encountering as promoters of languages, learning languages, and translators, and wondered whether or not it was sustainable to encourage everyone to learn foreign languages even if it could result in us losing out on work. You can read the full post here.
2: Language Learning: Cognates and False Friends (July 24th)
Our second most popular post of the year came back in July when we discussed "false friends", words in a foreign language that look similar to those in your own, but can carry very different meanings. You can read the full post here.
1: Speech Tempo: What is the World's Fastest Language? (April 8)
Everybody's had that one complaint about people speaking too quickly when they're learning a foreign language. Back in April, we looked at a study that sought to work out if some languages are spoken more quickly than others. You can read the full post here.
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