The Story of the Chinese Zodiac: Why 2020 is the Year of the Rat
Here at uTalk, we’ve spoken a little before about the traditions surrounding the Chinese New Year, which involve all kinds…
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The Spooky Season Around the World
Children everywhere look forward to Halloween with glee. And why wouldn’t they? They get to dress up in fun costumes,…
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The Year of the Monkey
Happy Chinese New Year! 恭喜发财！ Today is the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The period before Chinese…
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Supermarket Swipe
I’m a Morrisons kind of girl. And when I look longingly into my box of Yorkshire Tea and see nothing…
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How well do you know Chinese New Year?
Happy Chinese New Year! Here’s hoping the Year of the Goat (or possibly Sheep) is a good one. See how much…
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Translation mistakes – not just for laughs
Today we have a guest post from language company, thebigword, on famous translation mistakes, some of which had serious consequences. Mistakes are…
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Learning Mandarin: Never call your mother a horse, and other tips
Cameron’s spending a couple of weeks with us here at EuroTalk for work experience. In today’s blog post, he explains…
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10 of the world’s most amazing places
One of our top tips for learning a language is to take a holiday – it not only gives you…
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Know Your Colour Code
Here at EuroTalk we love discovering interesting facts about the world around us, so from now on, on the third…
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A Lonely Planet?
Ask your grandparents where they went on their honeymoon and the vast majority will answer that they went to some…