Spanish speaking Portadown soccer sensation featured in new google ad…

Through no fault of his own young Alberto has found himself in Portadown. But what do you do when you have a love of soccer and not much English? You pull out your mobile phone and fire up Google translate of course. All this is the unlikely subject of Google’s new ad for their Translate app. You can see the ad below: As you would expect the ad is well produced. It makes Portadown look the very model of Cosmopolitan …

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Seachtain na Gaeilge: deis caillte?

Cad a tharla do’n bliain seo chaite? Táimid i measc Seachtain na Gaeilge arís agus b’fheidir go bhfuil sé ro-mhall do rud éigin suimiúil a dhéanamh an bhliain seo, mar shampla MÚC. Creidim gurb é seo an chead usaid don téarma nua seo – do mórchúrsa oscailte ar líne nó #MOOC (ach, mar ainm, níl MAOL comh holc sin ach oiread). I mbliana, ina bhfuil daoine ag caint faoi The Gathering™, bhí mé ag smaoineamh ar deis digiteach le bheith ag …

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