Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Today, on this
beautiful 14th of February, the world once again celebrates Saint Valentine’s
Day, the day on which couples form and love is confessed, when lovers remind
each other of their feelings by means of gifts… Or words. Words that can be
spoken in so many languages, but yet convey one same meaning. The language of
love is universal.
Saint Valentine’s Day has arguably turned
into a commercial phenomenon ever since Esther Howland, the woman who produced
the first commercial American valentines in the 1840s, sold $5,000 in cards
during her first year of business, according to the information published in
this article, on the website howstuffworks.com. “The valentine industry in the
United States has been booming ever since. Today, over 1 billion valentine
cards are sent in this country each year -- second in number only to Christmas
cards, according to the Greeting Card Association.”
However, the most important thing on this
day is not how much you spend, but how well you express what you need to say.
And as this day’s celebrations spread throughout the rest of the world, terms
of endearment are being whispered in millions of ears, in hundreds of different
languages, dialects and accents.
For inWhatLanguage, the main object of our
love is language itself, and of course the people who work with it -our
linguists-, and the clients that allow us to do what we love: translate and
interpret, and help people communicate easily wherever they are, whenever they
need to do it. Because no language barrier should ever stop a person from
telling another that s/he loves him/her.
And because we would be delighted to help
you do that.
However, for those who still need some inspiration
to express their feelings, here are some quotes from famous authors to get you
started:
No comments:
Post a Comment