European Patent Office and Google launch new patent translation service

Machine translation provides access to about 90% of all European patents…The European Patent Office (EPO) in cooperation with Google has launched a new machine translation service in an important step to improve access to patent documents in multiple…

Germans Want to Ban Kissing at Work

The German Knigge Society (or as it translates the German Etiquette Society) has announced that it feels it appropriate for kissing in the work environment to be banned. According to the society the Germans find kissing in public highly offensive and therefore kissing in the office is extremely inappropriate. The chairman of the group said […]

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Germans Voted World’s “Least Funny Nationality”

In a recent poll that was carried out by badoo.com the Germans have come out on top as the nation who is considered to be the least funny (as perceived by the rest of the world).
The culture poll was run by the social network and online dating website Badoo.com. It ran the survey across 15 […]

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