It's one thing to be able to haltingly make an order from a menu in a restaurant in another language, but quite another to be able to engage in fluent conversation with a native speaker. Dedicated ...

The Cleveland Heights house where I’ve lived for the past 30 years hit the century mark last summer, and the only person to ...

San Francisco’s Chinese seniors are a power bloc in local politics, legendary for their ability to show up by the dozens at ...

A view of Xiuying Port in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province. Photo: VCG "Hello, please translate this document into English." In an office space in Haikou, capital of South Ch ...

Owen Roubeni, 21, is a college student from the Mashadi Persian community in Great Neck, New York. The Buddha Bodai Mazel Tofu event was his first time meeting the group in person, because he had been ...

I know if somebody’s good,” said Trump at this week’s summit. “I may not speak the language but I know… When I give a long, flowing, beautiful sentence… and in this case it was a woman and she gave it ...

For years, veteran conductor Li Xincao, president of the China Conservatory of Music, has led Chinese orchestras beyond the country's borders, using melodies to tell the story of his homeland.

TOKYO -- A foreign resident of Japan's capital takes a bite of a bun bought in a shopping street. They've just completed the ...

This year’s Language Conference (LANGCON) and Best Linguist Competition (BLING) brought together linguists from military ...

The Stages production is an engrossing trip back to a cruel time when a person could be put on display like a zoo animal ...

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing group of older adults in the U.S., but they often face language and cultural barriers when seeking care for dementia-related symptoms.

Parents in China are turning to A.I. chatbots and other tools to help their children gain an edge and ease the fighting over ...