Jan 31 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Volunteers for the Twitter Translation Center are working to get the social network site ready for Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu.In another example of crowd-sourced translation efforts, Twitter is opening up to languages that read right-to-left. Volun…
Jan 31 2012 in america, english, Etiquette, Customs and Travel Abroad, language, Latest News, twitter, usa by admin
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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Jan 29 2012 in interpretation, interpreting, interpreting services, language translation, language translator, Latest News, localisation, localization, translation, translation business, translation services by admin
Deciding on one binding language for international business contracts is essential.In international business, companies typically sign their contracts in one language only. When a language is set as the contractual language, the version of the contract…
Jan 26 2012 in football, intercultural, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Ian McGarry and Mark Chapman, hosts of the Culture Club programme on 5 live Sport, were recently tackling the issue of cultural differences and foreign players settling into life in the UK. At one point in the show ex-footballer Vincent Pericard was sharing his own personal experiences which included a comment that if he had […]
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Jan 25 2012 in culture, culture shock, football, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Culture is a buzzword in football circles at the moment. The topic was brought to the fore through the comments of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. Found guilty of racist language against Patrice Evra, Suarez blamed cultural differences and claimed people had misunderstood. Swindon boss Di Canio, who was sent to the stands for overzealous body language […]
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Jan 24 2012 in cross cultral, Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News, Latest News by admin
Swindon Manager Paoloa Di Canio was sent to the stands during their match against Macclesfield on January 21st 2012. His post-match reaction was typically Di Canio. Interestingly though he was very passionate about his right to express his culture. His use of body language and gestures were interpreted as being somewhat overzealous by match officials. […]
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Jan 23 2012 in Latest News, tourism, translation, Translation News by admin
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Jan 23 2012 in app, cross cultural, culture, hofsetede, iphone, Latest News, Press Releases by admin
Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands? Some of the questions a business traveller to a new country may be asking prior to landing. Making a good impression is important however is it all about etiquette? Kwintessential have today released a new App based on the research of Professor Hofstede which takes a more behavioural view of […]
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Jan 20 2012 in interpreting, interpreting equipment, interpreting services, language interpretation, language translation, Latest News by admin
A story from India shows us how even local elected officials can find themselves in need of language services.India is one of the world’s most complex linguistic patchworks. According to the 2001 census, 30 languages are spoken by more than a mil…
Jan 18 2012 in english to spanish, english to spanish translation, language translation, Latest News, localization, translation by admin
The more people you can reach out to through social media networks, the better. That’s where foreign languages come in.I just ran across an article entitled “Secrets to Social Media Success in Foreign Languages.” (The link will be include…
