Words fail ... literally.
A play worth seeing, whenever and wherever you can
Two Americans named Jon, and one Chinese named Xiao Li, grapple with the world's most widely spoken language
More on the mystery of the Transatlantic accent
When did Americans stop talking this way? Many theories.
A film clip brings back the lost language of pre-World War II America
Everyone needs to be careful, including the holiest among us
Watch out for the mouse medicine
Can any technology challenge be too big for Google? Apparently so. In December, the search giant will turn off its Translate API.
A bit of philosophy, or physics, from deep underground in Beijing
'The queen, the pope, and Nelson Mandela walk into a bar....'
Can't understand what I'm saying? Maybe it would help if you'd grown up outside the Anglosphere.
Watch out for zippers, fishbones, and Douglas fir trees
Want to understand Chinese more easily? Find some non-Chinese person who is speaking it.
The Chinese century has well and truly begun. At least in Cambridge.
More on what Hu heard, and when he heard it
What did Hu hear, and when did Hu hear it?
A specific question to make the discussion more productive.
"I'm contemptible to listen about your loss"
Chinese airports face the rice-flour challenge