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3 days ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain.
3 days ago · In his seminal lecture "On the Different Methods of Translation" (1813) he distinguished between translation methods that move "the writer toward [the reader]", i.e., transparency, and those that move the "reader toward [the author]", i.e., an extreme fidelity to the foreignness of the source text.
2 days ago · Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3] .
Sep 20, 2024 · The story of English—from its start in a jumble of West Germanic dialects to its role today as a global language —is fascinating and complex. Below, review a timeline offering a glimpse at some of the key events that helped shape the English language over the past 1,500 years.
Sep 26, 2024 · Among highlights in the history of the English language, the following stand out most clearly: the settlement in Britain of Jutes, Saxons, and Angles in the 5th and 6th centuries; the arrival of St. Augustine in 597 and the subsequent conversion of England to Latin Christianity; the Viking invasions of the 9th century; the Norman Conquest of ...
Sep 8, 2024 · English Is the Top Language of the Internet. Like in real life, English is the most-used language online, with 55 percent (or over half) of all websites using the language. That means if you can understand and read English, you can access and enjoy a lot of written resources online.
5 days ago · Our long-running series of topical discussion and new vocabulary, brought to you by your favourite BBC Learning English presenters.
