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The Multilingual Museum Part 4: In Reaching Out to ‘Citizens’, Whose Language do You Choose?
Language Inclusiveness Should Extend Beyond the Museum Walls – Here’s Why There’s a reason our oldest museums are built in the classical...
Luna Venturi
Mar 7, 20183 min read
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The Multilingual Museum Part 3: Reaching Out to Refugees
As you read this, there are around 119,000 refugees in the UK (1). About one-sixth of them are from Syria(2), where a brutal conflict has...
Luna Venturi
Feb 1, 20184 min read
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The Multilingual Museum Part 2: Bringing Mobile Technology to the Table
Last time we talked about the need for museums to cater to their multilingual visitors. Whether they’re from the surrounding community or...
Luna Venturi
Dec 14, 20173 min read
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The Multilingual Museum: How Museums are Tackling the Objective of Engaging Multilingual Audiences
In this new series, we will be exploring how museums are exploring this exciting new frontier. You’ll read about innovative solutions...
Luna Venturi
Oct 25, 20173 min read
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The Serious Limitations of Google Translate in Real Life
Google Translate may make for a passable travel dictionary for simple phrases, but how well can it handle the complexities of real life?...
Luna Venturi
Aug 10, 20172 min read
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Spiky Studs, General Elections and the Complicated Business of Museum Translation
When museums offer ambitious exhibitions steeped in political context, the job of translation gets even more complex than usual. In the...
Luna Venturi
Jul 10, 20172 min read
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Brits View Museums as Keepers of the Truth… for Everyone
Museums, if nothing else, are institutions of engagement, learning, and truth. But to fulfil those aims and engage everyone, they must be...
Luna Venturi
May 23, 20173 min read
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The Year a President Made Love to Poland [and other translation gaffes]
U.S. President Jimmy Carter learned the hard way: some things are best left to seasoned professionals. American President Jimmy Carter...
Luna Venturi
Apr 10, 20172 min read
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