Tag: latvian

42 marathons in 21 days: what I learned from running around my country Dins Vecāns

42 marathons in 21 days: what I learned from running around my country | Dins Vecāns

In the spirit of Latvian centennial happenings, Dins ran along the border of Latvia, his home country, to get to know it better. Despite all odds, he ran around the entire perimeter of Latvia, 1740 km, in 21.5 days. His...

Elīna Dobele in Chinese

Subtitle and translate TEDxRiga talks!

Latvia’s first ever national TEDx event, TEDxRiga 2012 — was held 4 years ago. 3 events and 56 talks later the TED Open Translation Community is still bringing ideas into more than 120 languages. And that also includes TEDxRiga! For...

Aldis Kalniņš: Maybe

Maybe

[translation_languages]no languages[/translation_languages] [translation_text language=”en”] For more than five years, Aldis Kalniņš has been working in a new field of interest, devoting much of his time to studying the questions and problems related to the education and learning efficiency of children...

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga: The Latvian Identity

The Latvian Identity

[translation_languages]no languages[/translation_languages] [translation_text language=”en”] Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is a Latvian social and political activist, a scientist, a professor and an honorary doctor in several universities. After returning from exile in Canada, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga took charge of the Latvian Institute where she...

Become a TED translator!

The TED Open Translation Project was launched in 2009 with the purpose of spreading TED ideas globally by reaching out to non-English speaking communities and also people with hearing impairment. In this project TED provides approved English subtitles to a...

Gustavo: Who Is Coding Who?

Who is Coding Who?

[translation_languages]no languages[/translation_languages] [translation_text language=”en”] In the music world, Arstarulsmirus Arsujumfus-Tarus a.k.a. Gustavs Butelis or Gustavo became known to wider public in 1995, as he founded FACT, one of the first hip-hop music groups in Latvia. Through the years Gustavo has...