Of course, things don’t always translate perfectly. The German calque for cloud computing is Datenwolke—data cloud—which sounds straight out of a sci-fi novel. And in Chinese, hot dog was once ...

What you are feeling is gigil. In its latest quarterly update, the OED added this loanword from Philippine English: An intense feeling caused by anger, eagerness, or the pleasure of seeing someone ...

The word Jameela means 'beautiful' in Swahili. It is a loanword from Arabic with the same meaning. For example, a handsome man is known as Jamil or Jameel, while a beautiful woman is Jamila or Jameela ...

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Aholotu Palus Tonganising of key English terms during his presentation in last weeks national summit struck a chord among those concerned about the imminent threat ...

The four-day summit was titled, ‘A Resilient Tonga through Transformative Action: Safeguarding Our Heritage’. Led by the Prime Minister, the summit opened a dialogue between government and ...