Author: Lawlinguists

What does the name « Barack Hussein Obama » mean?

Barack Hussein Obama II, better known as Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. Today we will talk about him because the meaning of his name has caused much commotion during his years in the White House.   We have researched a little bit about...

The countries with the most spoken languages

Humans are thought to speak more than 7,000 languages across the globe. Asia has the most of them, 2,301, followed by Africa with 2,138. There are 1,313 tongues spoken in the Pacific region, followed by 1,064 in the Americas. Europe has 286 different languages. According to...

5 apps a legal translator and lawyer must have

As professionals and individuals we have to recognise that the digital world is part of our daily lives. From taking notes at a conference with our tablet, to answer text messages and emails from our customers from our cellphones, or even look for the meaning...

You break the law every day

Everyone has ever done something illegal in life. Although they have a minimum degree of punishment and are forgiven naturally. Sometimes we deny having committed any of these actions which make us guilty. Most of these actions are penalized in the United States, but some...

The benefits of being a multilingual person

Languages create the first connection to the world. It is estimated that more than half of the world´s population is bilingual. That means they use more than one language to communicate daily.   Being bilingual means being able to communicate effortlessly in two languages. For this reason,...

10 more foreign languages still spoken

Language plays a huge role in everyone’s life. When thinking of a language, people will automatically think about English, German, French and Spanish, but the truth, is that less common languages also exist. About 500 million people speak English and it’s not even the most common language...