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While some errors in translation may be funny and/or costly, experience shows that some errors have the potential to be deadly – making them no laughing matter at allWe now continue with the rest of the top ten list of translation errors we started yes…

…so just try to understand what they are saying on Twitter by using automatic translation tools.A funny blog post got me playing around with online translation again. In “Facebook and Twitter try to translate — but we still can’t un…

…or the latest example of how two countries can be divided by the same language.Even English-speakers can misinterpret English. According to numerous sources, two young British tourists were prevented entry onto US turf due to a few awkward, but misi…

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…

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…

In the last of a 3-blog series, we’ll pull up a few of our most interesting posts from our “Language and Culture” blog.As a language service provider, the heart of our business is, of course, languages. And whether we are working in translation, …