Are you ready for Valentine's Day?  Do you know the secrets of body language? Can you "recognize when someone is attracted to you"?  Do you want to "generate sexual and romantic interest in someone you desire"?

Supposedly, you can learn all this and how to get your dream job from just 42 cards.   Let us know how it goes.

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We just received an email from a translator interested in working with us.  Unfortunately, his email fell short of the mark.  Every culture has its own way of doing business, but an email that says only  "Greetings! Are you interested in my cv for future needs?" wouldn't be a winner in most of them.

If Giovanni P. had read "Dos and Don'ts for Freelance Translators: How to Get More Work Through Email" before contacting us, we may have looked at his C.V.  Instead, we deleted his email.

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A survey conducted by Telemundo and Ipsos Public Afairs found that 8 out of 10 Hispanics plan on participating in the census this year.  57% of the respondents said they are confident that their personal information will not be shared with other government agencies.  I found it interesting that Hispanics who prefer Spanish-language television shows were more likely (42%) to believe their information will only be used for the census than viewers who prefer to watch in English (31%).

The Census Bureau is running a campaign in 28 languages to raise awareness of the census.  This effort is necessary: 18% of Latinos surveyed had never heard of the census vs. 11% of adults in the general population.

Do you want to know what The Guardian in London considers newsworthy (one story that made the front page today is "China's Pet Lovers Seek Ban on Eating Dogs")? Do you want to keep up with what's going on in one of your favorite cities? Are you trying to hone your vocabulary in a foreign language? 

Check out the worldwide newspaper map to read headlines from newspapers in hundreds of countries.  Put your cursor on a country, city, or state to see headlines from today's editions.  Double-click on the dot to see a larger version of the page.

Thanks to Newseum.org for updating the site daily.

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