Tanghalang Pilipino rolls out new online productions this August to celebrate Buwan ng Wika

The beauty of the Filipino language takes centerstage as Tanghalang Pilipino releases performances that are based on Philippine literary works,  in celebration of Buwan ng Wika. These performances will be streamed online under 'PansamanTanghalan', found at the official TP Youtube channel.

'Pamanang Pahina' consists of dramatic readings of Filipino children's books from OMF Library-Hiyas, which will be performed by members of the Actors Company, with Anino Shadowplay Collective providing the striking visuals. Starting off the storytelling series is “Ang Bagong Kaibigan ni Bing Butiki” written by Yna Reyes (with Illustration by Jason Moss)  and adapted for this performance by Nono Pardalis. This episode, about an encompassing friendship between unlikely characters, is now available online.

Google launches Cebuano on Word Lens and indigenous scripts on Gboard

Google concludes the celebration of Buwan ng Wika
 with the exciting addition of Cebuano on Translate
and four new native scripts on Gboard. Photo shows
(from left) Google Philippines Marketing Head Gabby Roxas,
Baybayin advocate and calligraphist Taipan Lucero,
and Google Philippines Communications
and Public Affairs Lead Mervin Wenke

In line with the concluding celebration of the National Language Month or Buwan ng Wika, Google honors the Filipino language with exciting updates for Translate and Gboard.

Cebuano, one of the country’s major languages, is now available on Word Lens, a feature within Google Translate app that gives an instant camera translation. Word Lens works by simply letting users hold their phone in front of a sign or menu in a foreign language, and then the translation instantly overlays on the screen. The newly expanded 88 source languages including Cebuano can now be instantly translated into more than 100 languages.

This update is helpful for tourists to communicate with the locals better and understand Cebu’s culture more. Users who are already familiar with Cebuano can still use the tool to learn other languages as well.

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(this post is written with two languages, for those who don't understand google translate is not recommended)