The writer, editor and critic Ilan Stavans is a polyglot master of many literary trades: His works include an authoritative anthology of Latino literature for Norton, a legendary Spanglish translation ...

In one of the most famous scenes from the Spanish conquest of America, the Aztec ruler Montezuma was handed a breviary by a priest. He was told that it would speak to him. He held it to his ear and ...

The 16th century, eight-volume folio is being called one of the school's most important rare book purchases in years. Keep reading for details: AUSTIN, Texas -- The Harry Ransom Humanities Research ...

On a quest to find the person we could say spoke the most languages in the world, I stumbled on the online personae of a language learning guru and hyperpolyglot, Alexander Arguelles, who invited me ...

Shakespeare’s thirty-eight plays will each be performed in a different language over the six weeks leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London. Proposed changes in ...