04/08/2026
"They Have a Word for It", by Howard Rheingold: This lexicon of untranslatable words contains a very rich collection. (...) With this lovely variety of untranslatable words, it’s a bit of a challenge to choose a few as examples, but let me try: ‘nyepi’ (Balinese) meaning the national day of silence (...). Read more: https://bls-courses.co.uk/blogs/blog
28/07/2026
Which one to choose? You can now study 12 languages as individual tuition at BLS: Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Cantonese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. See our individual language tuition offer and get in touch with us now: https://bls-courses.co.uk/collections
23/07/2026
Office hours in August
Our admin team is on holiday in August, from 27th July, but we’ll make sure our school’s email box is regularly checked. However, emails may not be answered as promptly as usual. Thank you for your patience.
Wish kind regards,
BLS Team
https://bls-courses.co.uk/
21/07/2026
Summer is here. We're looking forward to welcoming you on our language courses in September and October.
Have a lovely summer break!
BLS Team
https://bls-courses.co.uk/
15/07/2026
"Wild Words" by Kate Hodges. "Wild Words" might just be the perfect book to read in the countryside. I mostly read it when I was in Devon and enjoyed reading the book in nature. One day a bee sat on me and then on one of the book’s pages. Magical. This book is compact size, so it might be a perfect companion on a picnic to entertain your friends or children. Read more: https://bls-courses.co.uk/blogs/blog/book-review-three-dictionaries-of-untranslatable-words
14/07/2026
Accelerate your language learning the coming autumn and enrol on our online language course now (10 languages, professional language tutors, well-planned language lessons, pre-prepared learning resources): www.bls-courses.co.uk
08/07/2026
I'm happy to let you know that all our autumn language course programmes are available online --> go to our website and see the course content, choose the most suitable class and enrol on our language course now: www.bls-courses.co.uk
02/07/2026
Last chance! Our early-bird offer on our autumn language courses ends on Monday, enrol now to save your place and pay less: www.bls-courses.co.uk
01/07/2026
Hello Wednesday! Our spring language term ended last week. We'd like to thank you for learning languages with Bristol Language School this spring. Hoping to see you again on our language course in the near future.
See our current offer and join our autumn language course now: www.bls-courses.co.uk
30/06/2026
Book review: Three Dictionaries of Untranslatable Words
I have been curious about untranslatable words for a while: the non-existent words in your own language which are in perfect use in another language. Read more: https://bls-courses.co.uk/blogs/blog