The game of chess is both an ancient, exotic sport credited with teaching the art of war to sophisticated civilisations long before our own day; and a favourite way for primary-school teachers to fill in some time near the end of the year when energy is flagging and attention is waning. There are numerous health […]
Our New Website
10th Jul 2013 By
I suppose a website overhaul is like moving house. You get to know the various pages, links and images featured on your company website because you’ve lived with them for years; and then suddenly you’re faced with what to keep and what to leave out, when confronted with the prospect of a new website. I […]
A Canadian in wales Takes a Whimsical Look at Trilingualism
4th Sep 2012 By
Any Canadian, whichever side of the bi and Bi fence he/she falls on, is well aware of the issues facing a society with two official languages. People in Wales are familiar with the debate, as well. The Quiet Revolution and the rise of Cymdeithas yr Iaith happened simultaneously. Today, Arguments about the merits of a […]
“Is There Much Call for Services Like Yours?”
1st Jun 2012 By
We were sitting in a translation agency, discussing how Braille could be an important offering for a company committed to diversity in communication. When the conversation turned to the breadth of the agency’s scope, the individual sitting to my right said that they recently had a call for an Italian-to-Turkish translation. There can’t be much […]
Japanese Braille In Brief
4th May 2012 By
So, how do you transcribe Braille into languages whose scripts are not letter-by-letter as we, who regularly communicate in English, know them? Let’s skip Cyrillic and Masoretic languages for the time being and leap right into East Asian scripts. Incomprehensible, right? Not necessarily! Once you work out which elements are important, in order to represent […]
All Praise to the Humble Slate and Stylus!
16th Sep 2011 By
Almost a year ago, when we started developing Valleys WordWorks, my husband and I decided we would promote Braille transcription as one of our specialities. Braille is an extremely under-valued reading medium but the only one which is entirely effective in allowing unfiltered access to information to non-print-reading blind people. Thirty years ago when computer […]
the Valleys WordWorks Podcast Introducing the Top-Braille
5th Sep 2011 By
My First Attempt At Podcasting
12th Aug 2011 By
Introducing The Valleys WordWorks Blog
5th Jul 2011 By
When my husband and I started Valleys WordWorks, almost a year ago now, we saw lots on the web about blog-hosting as an extra service you could get when you bought a domain through any number of web providers. We never saw the point and couldn’t figure out why a company whose aim was to […]
