“Elfdalian” is real!

Social media round-up for October 14, 2016

This week, we read on Slator about recent US court rulings that may affect language services like interpretation.
TED shared that they’ve added they’re 103rd language (wow!) which is called Silesian. Read more about it here on the TED Blog.
Corporate Counsel magazine had a story about the SEC whistleblower settlement, and how that may change the legal landscape going forward.
“Elfdalian” is real! There is a forest language from the age of Vikings called Elfdalian, and sadly we hear it may soon disappear. Michael Desteries had the story on the Mother Nature Network
Google has a font for it, no matter which language it’s in. We learned about the free Google font Noto a few days ago on Wired, which is available in more than 800 languages. Incredible.
And really big news this week from Inform.kz, the Kazahk #language is going to transition to the Latin alphabet. Wow!
Slator news tells us about some Aussie rules: Don’t Blame the Translator. Ha!
Cyanide & Happiness makes the nihilist translator in all of us laugh. This week, dog hurts linguist.
Amit Chaudry wrote in The Guardian about why television writing has become the new home of verbal complexity.