Over the past few months at English Trackers we’ve been fascinated by the US Election race and astonished by Donald Trump’s rising support. We thought we’d take a closer look at some of his speeches to try to understand why his use of language seems to be striking » Read More
Two glorious weeks of the Bookworm Literary Festival have come to a close. I’m a little sad. Held in the Beijing Bookworm’s main room – maximum seating one hundred – this is an ‘intimate’ festival. The authors step off the page right into our local bookshop. What a » Read More
How big is your goal? What’s your timespan? Who’s keeping you accountable? You’re wondering which goal I’m referring to, aren’t you? Well… that of learning a new language, of course! As the founder of an English editing company, I get asked the same question repeatedly: “How can I improve » Read More
Whether we are editing English for clients or writing original copy for them, we have noticed we are often asked the same questions. So we have gathered up the five most common ones and asked our Senior Copywriter and Editor Paul Murphy to answer them for us. What is » Read More
‘Blue sky thinking’, ‘pushing the envelope’, ‘thinking outside the box’, all expressions that make one BBC journalist’s teeth ache! Jenni Murray, a BBC Radio 4 presenter, recently discussed language on the Women’s Hour programme and posed the question: “Is use of language holding women back at senior level?” Contributing » Read More