More than ever, telephones are central to translation. Thanks to the arrival of translation apps like Google Translate, and even language-learning apps like Duolingo, the mobile phone might be more important to the world of translation than it ever has been. But what about the world of interpreting? Though they are closely related, translation and interpreting are distinct entities, and phone technology has affected them in very different ways. So what do the recent developments in phone translation technology mean...

Shanker Singham an acclaimed financial analyst wrote an op-ed for The Times in which he extolled the virtues of a Brexit vis-à-vis the UK’s trading possibilities with the rest of the world. The rising problems associated with regulation in the global economy are having far-reaching implications on trading activity. The Brexit referendum on June 23, 2016 did not precipitate the decline in global economic activity – it was a symptom of it. The global financial crisis of 2008/2009 was associated...

Tired of Anglicised Chinese and Japanese food, Taiwanese cuisine has become big business in London. Always on the hunt for something new and exciting, the city’s food fanatics became obsessed with BAO when it opened its first permanent site in Soho a couple of years ago – and rightly so. Since then, Shing Tat Chung, Wai Ting Chung and Erchen Chang have become the authority on Taiwanese food in London and steamed bao buns are available just about everywhere. Much...

The world's first Christmas shop where you can buy real items for refugees is set to open in Soho, London. Choose Love is a pop-up shop that sells real products for refugees. The shop will be selling everything from baby grows to space blankets and children’s education materials, all aimed at improving the lives of these people who are truly in need. Each item you buy guarantee's that a refugee will receive an exact version to help them in their...

One of the city’s best British restaurants, Chamberlain’s of London has been operating from a site in Leadenhall Market for the past 16 years. Still going strong, Chamberlain’s served fish and chips from their new standalone fish and chip shop (adjoined to the restaurant) for hundreds of service men and women in support of the Royal British Legion last week. Owned by fourth generation fishmongers Chamberlain and Thelwell – with the kitchen headed up by chef Andrew Jones – the...

Do you own a late model family saloon? Almost every aspect of it, from the body’s material, to shape, style, safety features, engine design and management system, first saw the light of day on a race track. More often than not on an F1 race car, but what is it that makes a formula one car so well designed for the race track? Aerodynamics is what: The short answer is because it’s designed to race. Just as your family saloon...

By Michael McNulty Slap a GoPro tag on Base, Richard Parry’s film about base jumping and upload it in full HD to YouTube and you have an 80 minute sponsored video.  But, like the content uploaded by thrill seeking jumpers, this film holds an odd fascination that’s not entirely dissatisfying. A docu-fiction film, Base manages to captures some truly astonishing vistas and some heart stopping, stomach churning free-falling.  The parachute that catches this film and slows it down is its plot....

An extraordinarily rare copy of the first map to name America has emerged - and it is expected to sell for almost £1 MILLION. The 1507 map, by Martin Waldseemüller, is being described as a "significant cartographic discovery". It names American for the first time and is also the first map to illustrate separate South and North American continent. The map, by the most important cartographer of the early 16th century, is one of five copies in existence and was...

A dove have fallen in love with the people who rescued him and keeps sneaking back into the animal sanctuary - through the cat flap. The bird, named Dave, was found injured in New Malden, south west London on October 12, and taken to an RSPCA rescue centre. But despite being released back into the wild after being nursed back to health, the loved-up dove keeps coming back to RSPCA Millbrook Animal Centre, almost every day - because he's fallen...