Sentences with phrase «major global language»

Helpful for explaining the quirks of English and understanding the development of English as a major global language.

Not exact matches

The global reach, extreme influence, and extreme importance of Christianity is largely due to the fact that the European races, largely Caucasoid, became the world's most dominant races as evidenced by their conquest and colonization of many parts of the world's major regions and because their religion invariably happened to be some form of Christianity, consequently, they gave the greater part of the world not only their languages, their customs, and their ideas, but also their religion including their version of what God looks like.

The global spread of the English language, used by the four major networks, ABC, NBC, CNN and BBC, is the most powerful medium of cultural penetration.

She cited that global language support is especially important because of the expansion many major online retailers are adopting.

Wattpad, the global story sharing site that has a user following of more than 20 million readers and titles available in over fifty languages, announced today that it has released a major update to its immensely popular iOS and Android apps.

A key speaker, Bill McCoy of the IDPF, will lead a crash course in EPUB 3 that promises to delve into the next major revision of the IDPF standard, which intersects video, audio, scripting, MathML, enhanced layout, global language support, accessibility and metadata enhancements, and more.

Zinio users download millions of magazine issues a month in 33 languages and 20 currencies — from almost every major global publisher.

Work on a major revision of the EPUB specifications began in 2010, with the goal of aligning EPUB more closely with HTML, and in the process bringing new, native multimedia features, sophisticated CSS layout rendering and font embedding, scripted interactivity, enhanced global language support, and improved accessibility.

[UPDATED below, 7/9, 11 am to include link to final statement by the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which dropped language aiming at a specific global cut in warming emissions by 2050.]

While S&R was unable to determine the budgets of other nations with major scientific research budgets such as China, Russia, Japan, and Germany due in large part to the language barrier, S&R estimates that the entire global climate research budget exclusive of the U.S. is not likely to exceed the US» budget based on how much greater the US» research budget was than the UK's, Canada's, and Australia's.

A major reason for the popularity of English is that it is the language of the USA, a global economic superpower and a leader in higher education.

Professional Experience Alberto Culver Company (Melrose Park, IL) 2008 — Present International Consumer Relations Representative • Directed global consumer relations team ensuring client satisfaction and sales generation • Analyzed monthly trend reports and created marketing strategies with partner companies • Oversaw major client accounts including Tresemmé, VO5, and St. Ives • Managed sensitive consumer data from Canada, Spain, Norway, and Finland • Skilled in relationship building across geographical and cultural divides • Proficient in English, French, Arabic, and Spanish languages