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Sounded in Every Ear A family in Africa sits on a couch together, raising their arms in unison to sustain church leaders as they watch general conference on the television.

Campus

Sounded in Every Ear

A new AI translation project brings gospel messages to speakers of low-resource languages in African countries.

Family

Spectacular Vernacular

Silly slang and cultural traditions accent and unite this one-of-a-kind family.

Campus

Yesterday: Akkadian, Anyone?

In 1954 a lab in the McKay Building lab featured state-of-the-art tech for language learning.

People

Called for Life

Laesgaw K’Chawtee aims to empower his people—at BYU, he’s starting by teaching their language.

Every Nation, Kindred, and Tongue
Summer 2023
BYU Speeches goes trilingual with Japanese and Spanish translations.
A Shaman at BYU
Spring 2023
BYU anthropology graduate student and Hmong shaman Yang Vang shares how he's working at BYU to preserve his culture.
Translating the Word
Spring 2021
BYU translation minor Lila Norton leads the ecclesiastical-review team for the Macedonian Book of Mormon translation.
Your Iñapari Family Tree
Spring 2020
Only four people in the world still speak this language, but now you can too!
National Funding for BYU Arabic
Spring 2020
BYU is one of only seven Arabic flagship schools designated by the U.S. National Security Education Program.
China Connections
Fall 2019
BYU colleges, in just about every BYU discipline, are finding ways to connect with China.
A Vanishing Voice at the Smithsonian
Fall 2019
Hanging in the Smithsonian, a portrait by two BYU photographers shows one of a language’s last speakers.
Keeping Kiribati Afloat
Fall 2019
A new professor is teaching her native language in the first university-level class ever offered for it.
Translating Christianity
Spring 2019
A lifetime working with his favorite author has led Gessel to translate novels and act as literary consultant on a film.
BYU No. 3 for Foreign-Language Degrees
Spring 2019
BYU ranks no. 3 in producing foreign-language degrees with no. 1 rankings in Russian, Portuguese and Arabic.
Señor Shakespeare
Summer 2018
When “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” gets lost in translation.
Speaking to the World
Winter 2017
Speaking in Arabic and talking about climate change, student addresses diplomats at the United Nations General Assembly.
Answering the Call
Winter 2017
An infographic shows how the mission-age change changed BYU. Now those missionaries are home.
Exploring an Ancient Language
Summer 2016
For nearly three decades, BYU professor Janis Nuckolls has been unlocking the secrets of Quichua language and culture.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Fall 2015
Bilingual parenting is easier than you would expect.
$1.2 Million Grant Funds Study of Europe at BYU
Winter 2004
Christensen’s fellowship is 1 of 7 awarded to BYU grad students to help them expand their understanding of Europe.
Hebrew School
Summer 2013
This Hebrew primer will unlock the meaning in some common Biblical terms and enrich your scripture study.
5 Top Flicks
Winter 2013
Check out International Cinema’s five most-shown films and why they’ve become International Cinema staples.
Found in Translation
Summer 2012
Tata and BYU student programmers created BYU Translator, a smartphone app that keeps Olympics-goers in the know.
Adapting to Immigrant Students
Spring 2009
The demographics of the typical U.S. classroom are changing.