Babelverse

11/08/2015

Over the course of human history, thousands of languages have developed from what was once a much smaller number.

08/08/2015

Researchers at MIT have found what they're calling a "language universal,"

19/07/2015

This beautifully illustrated infographic (above), designed by South China Morning Post’s graphics director Alberto Lucas Lopéz, shows the most spoken known languages in the world and where they’re spoken by the 6.3 billion people included in the study. Based on records collated from the database Eth…

18/07/2015

Some of these will surprise you.

06/06/2015

Hola! We're currently located in Menorca (With 20 other teams) for 20 days as part of Menorca Millennials. We're developing the next phase of Babelverse, so do watch this space! You can also follow (& on Twitter) for updates from the event. In addition here's a little article that was published in the local island newspaper today.

Babelverse es la plataforma web creada por Josef Dunne y Mayel de Borniol que permite contactar con intérpretes de todos los idiomas. Babelverse es la plataforma web creada por Josef Dunne y Mayel de Borniol que permite contactar con intérpretes de todos los idiomas

29/05/2015

Keep sharp, learn a language!

Some people can speak a seemingly impossible number of tongues. How do they manage it, asks David Robson, and what can we learn from them?

28/05/2015

Machine translation's a useful tool, don't get me wrong. But if you actually try to use it for regular conversation, it'll fall down really quickly. Why? Wha...

16/03/2015

Go Tommy Krångh Artist. Did you know Babelverse doesn't only look for spoken word interpreters but sign language interpreters too, just as important! If you sign, please create your Babelverse profile. Language traverses speech too!

Skön kille går all in och kör teckentolk på magnus carlssons låt. Tommy Krångh Tommy Fransson

11/03/2015

Things a cookin' at Babelverse basecamp in London, watch this space. In the meantime here's a throwback blog post.

Babelverse's response to an email. People are eager to participate as interpreters. Others just don’t get what we are doing.

30/10/2014

We probably don't need to tell you that London is a very diverse city. At the time of the last census, 37 per cent of the population were foreign-born and over 250 langauages were spoken within city limits. For around 1.7 million Londoners, English is a second language. To visualise quite how ling…

20/10/2014

Good luck to the Startup Alley & Battlefield teams! We've been there!