A young woman leans across the bar at a local pub, waiting for the bartender to return with the round of drinks she has just ordered. Music pumps through the speakers, and she drops a few bills on the counter when a young man sidles over to her. “Did it hurt?” he asks, smiling, “you(…)

They say relationships are hard, and those of us with partners who speak another language may be in some of the most difficult relationships of all. While love is universal, so are other fundamental human emotions. And when it becomes difficult to express those emotions in words that both parties can equally understand and appreciate, things(…)