Awesome Languages

Did you know that the United Nations has interpreters for only six languages? Or that you have to be able to translate to at least three other languages to qualify as a UN interpreter? What about the fact that there’s actually an interpreter appreciation day? All that and more in Half as Interesting’s video on the intense jobs of UN interpreters.

Go is an open source programming language released by Google to make it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. This series of online courses will get you up and running with Go and learn how to use it for real world applications.

Pay what you want to build your skills in other languages and cultures with this extensive bundle of digital courses, travel guides, and cookbooks from Lonely Planet and Transparent Language. There’s content for Spain, France, Italy, Germany, China, Korea, Brazil, Portugal, Thailand, Russia, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.