International Mother Tongue Day ? 21st February

International Mother Tongue Day ? 21st February

On the 21st of February, the International Mother Tongue Day tongue is celebrated worldwide. It was established by UNESCO on the 17th of November, 1999. The establishment of this day would not be anything special ? after all, we have many different ?holidays? that remind us of something ? if not for the riots that took place in 1952. Then five students from Dhaka University died during the demonstration to make the community aware of the status of the Bengali

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eCORRECTOR’s TOP 10 Christmas facts

eCORRECTOR’s TOP 10 Christmas facts

Christmas is upon us, the hustle and bustle is gaining momentum, while children cannot wait to get presents from Santa. All that is missing is a little bit of snow ? 🙂 For eCORRECTOR?s team it is also a very busy time! We have completed a record month (and year) of proofreading and translation jobs with the help of our team of proofreaders and translators. For this particular reason – living in a busy world preoccupied with the upcoming events ? we should stop for

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eCORRECTOR watches every match during EURO 2016

eCORRECTOR watches every match during EURO 2016

As the Euro 2016 season is gaining speed (this week we may cheer during Poland-Germany and Ukraine-Northern Ireland matches), we would like to refer to some reasons why British and American football fans cannot agree with each other. First of all, in the U.S. someone has to win a football game (they refer to the game loved by the British as soccer). It?s unacceptable for them to end a game without selecting a victorious team. However, the British know that

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Funny New Year’s Day Customs Around the World

Funny New Year’s Day Customs Around the World

The New Year is coming. Most of us will be resting on New Year?s Day after the party the night before??but, have you ever wondered how people from around the world celebrate the New Year? Do they have any funny traditions connected with welcoming in the New Year?It turns out, that in many countries people have very different ideas about how tokick the New Year off in the best possible way. Below you can find 5 of them, which we

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Single’s Day in China

Single’s Day in China

Single’s Day in China November 11th is not only Rememberance or Veterans Day. On this day China celebrates Single’s Day, a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day. The choice of date is not coincidental – four singles (11.11) to represent four lonely people. Single’s Day was created by several students in the 90’s as a joke, however, as for today it is the most important commercial holiday in China. In contrast to Valentine’s Day , when when we lavish gifts on our beloved ones,

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