{"id":4470,"date":"2016-06-27T06:23:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:01:17","slug":"ch-ch-ch-changes-on-the-language-and-culture-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2016\/06\/27\/ch-ch-ch-changes-on-the-language-and-culture-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch-ch-ch-changes on the Language and Culture Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/\">Language and Culture blogs<\/a>. If you\u2019ve perused any of our two dozen+ language and culture blogs in the past few days, you\u2019ve probably noticed a few changes. We\u2019ve redesigned our blog experience with you in mind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4477\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/TLO-blog-devices.png\" alt=\"TLO blog devices\" width=\"810\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/TLO-blog-devices.png 810w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/TLO-blog-devices-350x194.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/06\/TLO-blog-devices-768x425.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience it on the big screen&#8230; or the small screen.<\/strong> Read on your desktop, tablet, or phone\u2014it\u2019s all the same, easy-to-navigate design! 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