English – still the language of the Internet?
For many years, English has been considered by many to be the primary language of the World Wide Web. In an
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For many years, English has been considered by many to be the primary language of the World Wide Web. In an
The post English – still the language of the Internet? appeared first on Kwintessential UK.
Leigh Van Bryan and his friend Emily Banting are not the first people to fall afoul of the linguistic differences between us Brits and our cousins over in the USA. Although we both speak English, we don’t always share the same English, especially when it comes to vocabulary. The tourists were booted out of the […]
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Businesses and the commercial powers that be are starting to recognise the importance of reaching a global audience through the internet and their websites. As a result many are starting to branch out by translating their web content so that it can be understood by as many people as possible and therefore maximise revenue. Take […]
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A Kwintessential Relationship Manager recently apologised to a client “for any incontinence caused” [rather than inconvenience]. Luckily the client saw the funny side of things as did the rest of our office. In honour of the typo we thought we would search out some of the funniest typos, examples of bad grammar, etc to brighten […]
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When foreigners learn the English language, they tend to learn it through the use of the standard English accent. But what is the ‘standard English accent’? In Britain, we have so many different accents that are difficult to decipher even for the British people – never mind people from other countries. The story doesn’t stop […]
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With the well publicized case of Dr Daniel Ubani earlier this year has come the question as to how many other EU GPs practicing in the UK are ‘lost in translation’. Dr Ubani had “unlawfully killed” UK patient David Gray in 2008 after mistakenly giving him a large overdose of diamorphine.
Alongside this case came a […]
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With the 11.5% rise of the Yen against the Dollar in 2010, many Japanese businesses face the problem of how to communicate their ambitions within the culturally distinct market of the West.
Is the solution to make English the compulsory language of communication for all global businesses or to implement ‘Globish’- an interlanguage variant on English […]
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