Nihongo is a Japanese language spoken by 130 million people in Japan, as well as Japanese immigrant countries. Nihongo is a part of the Japonic language, which has a relationship with a number of other proposed languages. Japanese has a small sound inventory, distinguished by a system of honorifics, which often reflect on the Japanese society. Tokyo is the pronunciation…
As businesses go global, translation services have become an essential service for businesses. If you do a search online, you can find thousands of translation agencies out there that provide professional translation services. With so many choices around, how do you hire the right translation agency for your work? In this article, you will get to learn the tips to…
Millions of people all over the world communicate with one another everyday either through phone calls, chats, mails or any other means. Communication or phone calls is best enjoyed when both the sender and the receiver can hear themselves clearly, without missing out on any important information. These days, with the increase in call rates from network providers, there is…
When you hear your voice on a recording, what first comes to mind? Would you say that your voice is wimpy, weak or too soft? Perhaps it is throaty, raspy or hoarse. Do you find it higher in pitch than you thought? Maybe you sound too young. You may find it breathy or whispery or the exact opposite – strident…
The recently past year Monaco was the scene for the grand biennial Dance Forum. The event took place between 14 and 18 December 2004 and was held mostly at Grimaldi Forum. The four days unfolded on various levels: Performances, Multimedia Forum, Dance on Screen, The ADvANCE Project, First Job Audition, Exhibitions – monographic and thematic ones, Karl Lagerfeld’s photo exhibition,…
Introduction Network Address Translators (NAT) are used to overcome the lack of IPv4 address availability by hiding an enterprise or even an operator’s network behind one or few IP addresses. The devices behind the NAT use private IP addresses that are not routable in the public Internet. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [3]has established itself as the de facto standard…
Voice-over talents usually are known for a certain sort of voice-over, such as radio scripts, TV ads as well as corporate voice-over scripts. According to James R. Alburger, author of the book «The Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice Over», a lot of people only think of commercials whenever they hear the phrase «voice…
There are billions of videos currently on YouTube. Users upload an average of 300 hours of video every minute. This is the testament to the rising popularity of online audiovisual content. However, this doesn’t mean that every single visual content uploaded to the internet is effective. There are billions of videos on YouTube and over 1.5 billion users logged in…
MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol) was developed from two Internet Protocols known as SGCP (Simple Gateway Control Protocol) and IPDC (Internet Protocol Device Control). It is used by Call Control Agents in VoIP systems to control the actions of a Telephony Gateway. MGCP was developed as part of the Internet Protocol Suite and the ITU-T had a standard that performed…
Have you ever heard anyone say, «Something told me not to do that and I did it anyway.» And after that, we’re upset because we should have chosen the thing, or the situation, that the still small voice said in the first place. Well, we’ve probably all said it at one time or another, because that ‘still small voice’ that…
