The Planet Word building. It is a historic red brick building with decorative windows, cupolas, and a mansard roof.

A Manifesto for Planet Word 2.0
Back in 2013 when we started planning a museum of words and language, it was mainly intended to be a new way to bring disaffected readers back into the fold…

Message from the Founder: Or Is It?
I’m barely competent with technology and frequently beseeching my daughters or tech-savvy young people for assistance with what I think are my computer’s “bugs.” It’s demeaning to feel so powerless…
Three sets of people traveling through an airport

New App Banks on the Human Element of Translation
We have countless machine translation options at our fingertips at any given moment, but many of these comically fail to capture nuance and cultural context. By bringing live, human translators…