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  1. @nclrc Will do!
  2. RT @Languagebandit The word "ilunga" from the Tshiluba language is widely regarded as the most untranslatable word: http://tiny.cc/Alfiy
  3. Blogged in May (http://tr.im/lNMC ) about effort to standardize lang proficiency tests. Group mtg today, close to releasing draft stds
  4. Interesting blog on learning languages by Orlando Kelm, a UT-Austin language prof: http://orkelm.wordpress.com. Thx to @polyglotwit.
  5. This Saturday (Nov. 7th) is the South Asian Lit Festival in DC: http://bit.ly/1AvjbG (RT @skrishna @hangingnoodles @NOVALanguages)
  6. We will be recruiting at the Idealist.org non-profit career fair on Tuesday, Nov 10 at George Washington Univ in DC http://bit.ly/2upgCG
  7. A gathering of the world’s top minds in endangered language preservation Nov 12-14: http://bit.ly/2VTTvC RT @NOVALanguages
  8. CNET Asia: Internet domain names to appear in non-Latin scripts . Final approval last Friday for Nov 16 start. http://bit.ly/4pudnK
  9. Linguists all a-muckwash and fratching over lost words. Times Online: http://bit.ly/13Bqth RT @polyglotwit
  10. Language hotspots - five areas in the world with high number of languages at risk of extinction. http://bit.ly/mHamf
  11. RT @NOVALanguages 'History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.' - Theodor Adorno
  12. Interactive language tool could include product placements in its text. http://bit.ly/3zl6Wp
  13. Hangeul Week celebrated the 563rd anniversary of the Korean alphabet. http://bit.ly/15n1o
  14. Attendance at upcoming American Translators Assoc conference reflects increased interest in translators. http://bit.ly/a0uVj via @NAJITGroup
  15. What's purfle? New English language thesaurus covers terms back to 8th century AD finally released http://twurl.cc/1r6n RT @NOVALanguages
  16. Cultural: Nat'l Gallery of Art in DC hosting film series on the Silesia region (mostly Poland) Oct 18, 24, 25 http://bit.ly/3ZqyvQ
  17. MIT site offers news sources in several languages: http://bit.ly/17atPn. RT @polyglotwit via @NOVALanguages
  18. 65 Countries in Competition for 2009 Foreign Language Film Oscar® http://bit.ly/1mTeD5 via @polyglotwit
  19. Translators, Interpreters Underappreciated: http://bit.ly/29lUis via @NOVALanguages
  20. Forecast: By 2100, 90% of languages will no longer be spoken. What will we lose along with them? http://tr.im/Ck74