{"id":1987,"date":"2014-03-18T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T19:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:27:32","slug":"announcing_multilingual_madness_bracket_2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2014\/03\/18\/announcing_multilingual_madness_bracket_2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Multilingual Madness Bracket 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1.png\" aria-label=\"Multilingual Madness Bracket 2014 1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1988 aligncenter\" alt=\"Multilingual Madness Bracket 2014 (1)\"  width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Multilingual-Madness-Bracket-2014-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year, bracketeers! The NCAA March Madness tournament is underway, and basketball fans and band-wagoners alike are scrambling to their computers to prepare their brackets.\u00a0Some employ complex strategies based on seeds and statistics, while others may simply pick whichever mascot they prefer. But we here at Transparent Language have a more pressing question than which team will take home the trophy. <strong>Which<\/strong><b><em> language<\/em> will take home the trophy? <\/b><strong>That&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re hosting our very own 2014\u00a0Multilingual Madness Bracket to find out which language you want to learn the most<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve picked our top 16 languages, but it\u2019s up to you to choose the winner. Starting Monday March 24<sup>th<\/sup>, we&#8217;ll post one language match-up per day at 8:00am EST. Head to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Transparent.Language\">Facebook<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tlilanguages\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0to view the post and answer the all-important question: <i>Which language would you rather learn?<\/i> Cast your vote by commenting or replying, and watch as the mightiest languages rise through the ranks!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1991\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket.jpg\" aria-label=\"Final Bracket\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1991\" class=\" wp-image-1991  \" alt=\"2014 Multilingual Madness Bracket\"  width=\"478\" height=\"229\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket.jpg 747w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket-350x167.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 Multilingual Madness Bracket<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Winning languages move on in the bracket, until we reach the final two in the championship round. But what are they fighting for? We can&#8217;t give away a billion dollars \u00e0 la Warren Buffett,\u00a0\u00a0but we will be giving away a<i>\u00a0free day of downloads. <\/i>That\u2019s right, you tell us what language you want to learn the most, and we\u2019ll help you learn it for FREE. <b>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byki.com\/mobile\">Byki Mobile app<\/a> will be available for free in the Apple store in the winning language for one day: Wednesday April 9<sup>th<\/sup>!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>So tune in on Facebook and Twitter every day, starting Monday 3\/24, and cast your vote for the language you want to learn most!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket-350x167.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket-350x167.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2014\/03\/Final-Bracket.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>It&#8217;s that time of year, bracketeers! The NCAA March Madness tournament is underway, and basketball fans and band-wagoners alike are scrambling to their computers to prepare their brackets.\u00a0Some employ complex strategies based on seeds and statistics, while others may simply pick whichever mascot they prefer. 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