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Hieroglyphen von heute
(Hieroglyphs of today)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 30.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, research/study, translation
Summary | Emojis have permeated contemporary life in all aspects. Experts say it is the most quickly expanding language worldwide.Companies are being hired to Interpret emojis for adverising, and the police have to rely on emoji experts when text messages are part of the evidence. Whole books have been translated into emoji.
Image Description | Emoji riddles.
Image Tags | emojis
The Emoji Bible has arrived ... and (face with halo emoji) has yet to declare it (OK hand sign emoji)
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 30.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | The Bible has been translated into emoji. It includes 3,300 pages and is intended for millennials.
Image Description | Screenshots of tweets from @BibleEmoji
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter
Sign of the times: London company advertises for 'emoji translator'
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | A translation company in London is looking for an emoji translator to help deal with issues related to the world's fastest-growing language. The field of emoji translation is booming and nowadays, softwares dominate the field. However, softwares can't recognize cultural differences in emoji usage.
Image Description | Digital image representing 8 emojis
Image Tags | emojis
¿Limitan los emoticonos nuestra capacidad de expresión?
(Do emojis limit our capacity to express ourselves?)
Newspaper | El País
Date | 27.10.2016
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, translation
Summary | The fact that Fred Benenson translated Moby Dick in emojis actually reflects the importance of emojis in today's society. Our keyboards can already offer emoji alternatives to written words. After thousands of years of progress, are we regressing back to the Egyptian time? Some people fear that the rise of emoji might limit our capacity to express ourselves and lead us to simplicity. Those who defend emojis claim that they are the natural result of the evolution of communication.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone; on the screen there is a text conversation with emojis
Image Tags | emojis, hand(s), smartphone, text
See how 'A Christmas Carol' and other classics are being translated into emoji
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | childhood, emojis, translation
Summary | A woman is translating various children's literature into emojis. Not the whole text is replaced by emojis, only some words or parts of words. The books are supposed to be really great for beginning readers to encourage reading since the texts are made easier to understand by using a range of emojis. Not only the regular emojis available on all smartphones are used but also roughly 600 original emojis created by the author.
Image Description | A passage from the emoji-enhanced version of "A Christmas Carol".
Image Tags | emojis, text
And on the second day, God made the smiley face and the thumbs up: New translation of the Bible is written in EMOJI for millennials
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 27.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, translation
Summary | A translation of the Bible written in emojis is now available. The translator said that it makes the Bible more "approachable"; emojis can express emotions in a visual way and in a universal way.
Image Description | Excerpts from the Bible emoji, and screenshot of the online Bible emoji translator.
Image Tags | emojis
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