FCDO and MI6 both concerned by lack of Chinese language capacity at a time when there is an exodus of senior officials.
Excellent timing then for universities (such as, e.g., Birmingham) to cut Chinese language provision.
Modern languages are integral, unacknowledged parts of UK defence strategy.
Excellent timing then for universities (such as, e.g., Birmingham) to cut Chinese language provision.
Modern languages are integral, unacknowledged parts of UK defence strategy.
UK faces China expertise crunch after exodus of senior diplomats
Shortage of Beijing specialists from Whitehall undermines Britain’s ability to make policy at time of geopolitical upheaval
www.ft.com
November 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I ask because I am always curious when I encounter creatives if they are also polyglots.
November 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I ask because I am always curious when I encounter creatives if they are also polyglots.
Easily done. I mean the languages are so similar, and most Americans so famously bilingual, or even cosmopolitan polyglots.
November 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Easily done. I mean the languages are so similar, and most Americans so famously bilingual, or even cosmopolitan polyglots.
For my first post here, a complaint: as usual, polyglots are neglected. I speak 5 languages, and the app allows me to select up to 5, ok, at least it's not just 2 or 3, but I also somewhat understand a 6th, and like to read posts in that language, to practice it. But no, 5 is the max :-(
November 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
For my first post here, a complaint: as usual, polyglots are neglected. I speak 5 languages, and the app allows me to select up to 5, ok, at least it's not just 2 or 3, but I also somewhat understand a 6th, and like to read posts in that language, to practice it. But no, 5 is the max :-(
Fantastic idea! I am *here* for the United States of Polyglots!
November 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Fantastic idea! I am *here* for the United States of Polyglots!
two extremely talented polyglots
November 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
two extremely talented polyglots
*tbf, kiddo is a regular Eric Dier (iykyk) and is pretty dang fluent in quite a few languages
polyglots are good
polyglots are good
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November 4, 2026 at 6:29 AM
*tbf, kiddo is a regular Eric Dier (iykyk) and is pretty dang fluent in quite a few languages
polyglots are good
polyglots are good
Sometimes I tell people who speak more than one language that they’re polyglots.
November 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Sometimes I tell people who speak more than one language that they’re polyglots.
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FRIENDS
POLYGLOTS
UKRAINIANS AND VOLUNTEERS
What is your preferred method of learning a language? Stuka needs more Ukrainian, Qassadilla needs more Spanish.
Are any programs or apps still good? Heard the Bird isn't our friend anymore.
POLYGLOTS
UKRAINIANS AND VOLUNTEERS
What is your preferred method of learning a language? Stuka needs more Ukrainian, Qassadilla needs more Spanish.
Are any programs or apps still good? Heard the Bird isn't our friend anymore.
November 2, 2026 at 9:57 AM
FRIENDS
POLYGLOTS
UKRAINIANS AND VOLUNTEERS
What is your preferred method of learning a language? Stuka needs more Ukrainian, Qassadilla needs more Spanish.
Are any programs or apps still good? Heard the Bird isn't our friend anymore.
POLYGLOTS
UKRAINIANS AND VOLUNTEERS
What is your preferred method of learning a language? Stuka needs more Ukrainian, Qassadilla needs more Spanish.
Are any programs or apps still good? Heard the Bird isn't our friend anymore.
They are nothing if not polyglots! Thanks so much for the link - really interesting. My husband makes quizzes so I've sent it on to him, as I think that may be an interesting question. Don't think the Belgians would know that! Thanks for your patience and sharing your knowledge with me. 🏏
November 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
They are nothing if not polyglots! Thanks so much for the link - really interesting. My husband makes quizzes so I've sent it on to him, as I think that may be an interesting question. Don't think the Belgians would know that! Thanks for your patience and sharing your knowledge with me. 🏏
"For #Canada to matter again...we need more talent, more specialists, more risk-takers and more polyglots working in the Department of Foreign Affairs."
"The risk...is that the prime minister and his staff will try to do everything themselves...run, to a huge degree, from inside Carney’s office."
"The risk...is that the prime minister and his staff will try to do everything themselves...run, to a huge degree, from inside Carney’s office."
Prime Minister Mark Carney's sprint to overhaul the world order is going to be a lot tougher if he can't fix his foreign service. Thus far, there's not a lot of evidence he's really trying. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: If Carney wants to influence global affairs, he’ll need to fix Global Affairs first
An ambitious foreign policy doesn’t only describe the world we want but also shows us how to get there.
www.thestar.com
November 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
"For #Canada to matter again...we need more talent, more specialists, more risk-takers and more polyglots working in the Department of Foreign Affairs."
"The risk...is that the prime minister and his staff will try to do everything themselves...run, to a huge degree, from inside Carney’s office."
"The risk...is that the prime minister and his staff will try to do everything themselves...run, to a huge degree, from inside Carney’s office."
Build something!
The age of AI strongly favors polyglots.
Whatever you wanted to build it’s much easier now, you just want to think bigger.
The age of AI strongly favors polyglots.
Whatever you wanted to build it’s much easier now, you just want to think bigger.
November 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Build something!
The age of AI strongly favors polyglots.
Whatever you wanted to build it’s much easier now, you just want to think bigger.
The age of AI strongly favors polyglots.
Whatever you wanted to build it’s much easier now, you just want to think bigger.
Opinion: For Canada to matter again, and to become richer in the process, we need more talent, more specialists, more risk-takers and more polyglots working in the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Justin Ling: Mark Carney is about to unveil something Canadians haven’t seen in a generation
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Opinion: For Canada to matter again, and to become richer in the process, we need more talent, more specialists, more risk-takers and more polyglots working in the Department of Foreign Affairs.
A friend of mine who is a Sufi Muslim academic leaned over casually and started reading / explaining the Arabic name of an archological site I was showing her on Wikipedia last night, and fuck, people who are polyglots are amazing.
November 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A friend of mine who is a Sufi Muslim academic leaned over casually and started reading / explaining the Arabic name of an archological site I was showing her on Wikipedia last night, and fuck, people who are polyglots are amazing.
De nieuwe 360 is er! Met o.a. een artikel over de democratisering van de werkplek, een analyse van TikTok-polyglots en foto’s uit 1900 die van de vergetelheid zijn gered. https://360magazine.nl/260-redactioneel/
Novembernummer: Achter de schermen
De nieuwe 360 is er! Met o.a. een stuk over Nederlandse droogte, een dossier over het Turkse eiland Gökçeadam en modefoto's uit 1900.
360magazine.nl
November 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
De nieuwe 360 is er! Met o.a. een artikel over de democratisering van de werkplek, een analyse van TikTok-polyglots en foto’s uit 1900 die van de vergetelheid zijn gered. https://360magazine.nl/260-redactioneel/
A friend of mine who is a Sufi Muslim academic leaned over casually and started reading / explaining the Arabic name of an archological site I was showing her on Wikipedia last night, and fuck, people who are polyglots are amazing.
November 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A friend of mine who is a Sufi Muslim academic leaned over casually and started reading / explaining the Arabic name of an archological site I was showing her on Wikipedia last night, and fuck, people who are polyglots are amazing.
🌐 On to #WMT26! @patuchen.bsky.social presented the Findings of the Multilingual Instruction Shared Task. The verdict is in the title: Small Models Are Not Yet Polyglots.
🔗 www2.statmt.org/wmt26/pdf/2026.wmt-1.50.pdf
🔗 www2.statmt.org/wmt26/pdf/2026.wmt-1.50.pdf
October 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
🌐 On to #WMT26! @patuchen.bsky.social presented the Findings of the Multilingual Instruction Shared Task. The verdict is in the title: Small Models Are Not Yet Polyglots.
🔗 www2.statmt.org/wmt26/pdf/2026.wmt-1.50.pdf
🔗 www2.statmt.org/wmt26/pdf/2026.wmt-1.50.pdf
Is this the first part of the story where he gets so mad at the existence of polyglots in the emergency room?
October 30, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Is this the first part of the story where he gets so mad at the existence of polyglots in the emergency room?
me reading Parshall's 1942 and getting increasingly disgusted by the number of parlous polyglots
October 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
me reading Parshall's 1942 and getting increasingly disgusted by the number of parlous polyglots
i suppose it's only fair that i might have to apply myself and learn a second language in my middle age. i shouldn't complain about that, the polyglots would be right to scold me.
but looking at the shit state of the anglosphere, it feels like the relevance of english is fading from the world.
but looking at the shit state of the anglosphere, it feels like the relevance of english is fading from the world.
October 29, 2026 at 1:50 AM
i suppose it's only fair that i might have to apply myself and learn a second language in my middle age. i shouldn't complain about that, the polyglots would be right to scold me.
but looking at the shit state of the anglosphere, it feels like the relevance of english is fading from the world.
but looking at the shit state of the anglosphere, it feels like the relevance of english is fading from the world.
xss-payload-list — Curated collection of cross-site scripting payloads, polyglots, and injection test rules for web application penetration testing and bug bounty hunting. https://ktp.sh/tffIk0b1C9
October 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM
xss-payload-list — Curated collection of cross-site scripting payloads, polyglots, and injection test rules for web application penetration testing and bug bounty hunting. https://ktp.sh/tffIk0b1C9
My admiration for polyglots goes far. In the oldest RP spheres I was apart of, there were a bunch that helped with translations. Ofc, it still holds true for the ones I'm apart of now. Over the years I went from "Impossible, I can't fit that whole new lexicon in my head" to "Maybe I can try"
October 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM
My admiration for polyglots goes far. In the oldest RP spheres I was apart of, there were a bunch that helped with translations. Ofc, it still holds true for the ones I'm apart of now. Over the years I went from "Impossible, I can't fit that whole new lexicon in my head" to "Maybe I can try"
I watched a lot of VRChat videos before the advent of the computer monster, about people who are polyglots that make swapping languages mentally look way less intimidating that it seems while they show off to others. It's marked on the vid like *swapping languages dot mp3* with a little static lol
October 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I watched a lot of VRChat videos before the advent of the computer monster, about people who are polyglots that make swapping languages mentally look way less intimidating that it seems while they show off to others. It's marked on the vid like *swapping languages dot mp3* with a little static lol
What Polyglots Know: How Anyone Can Learn a New Language It’s Not (QRG) が、紀伊國屋電子書籍ストアで予約開始されました。火曜配信。
What Polyglots Know: How Anyone Can Learn a New Language It’s Not
著者：QRG(著) 出版：ブイツーソリューション 2026/10/27(火)配信
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October 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
What Polyglots Know: How Anyone Can Learn a New Language It’s Not (QRG) が、紀伊國屋電子書籍ストアで予約開始されました。火曜配信。