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Since we started adding context sentences to our translations on bab.la (you can see them below the words themselves), we have come a long way and we have always more examples to help you understand a translation better and how to use it best. While we keep adding new examples to our “oldest” languages such [...]

In spite of the biting cold and the icy wind of January we must endure here in Hamburg, we are working very hard and we have a new language for you to check on bab.la: Norwegian Bokmål and its English-Norwegian (and vice versa) dictionary. Come to think of it, Norwegian is a rather appropriate language [...]

A new language for Christmas! We have been working over the last few months on an Asian language (for a change) – Indonesian. Halo, Bahasa Indonesia After a year rich in new languages – Czech, Hungarian and Finnish – we thought we would explore further continents and let European languages be. That’s four new languages [...]

There is plenty of information about Facebook out there, from amateurs to expert users, from major business branding to online marketing experts – everyone has something to say about Facebook. Yet, we at bab.la thought that that information was somewhat scattered across the Internet. So we decided to gather the essential you need in a [...]

bab.la is in the process of relaunching its website bit by bit. We started with our most important product: the bab.la dictionaries. There are many aspects to take into consideration to relaunch such a big part of the website. Here I would like to compile a checklist of factors website owners, SEOs and programmers should [...]

For the third time the OMCap – SES Berlin is taking place in the German capital of Berlin. The OMCap is a conference dedicated to all online marketing disciplines, best and worst practices, as well as trends and tips for future implementations of online marketing strategies. The conference is organized by André Alpar, who has [...]