IKEA’s language translations are just too sexual and raunchy for Thailand

The Swedish furniture giant’s translations for some of its product names have caused quite a stir for Thai customers, sounding just a bit too close to sexual slang.Last March we reported on the top ten language translation errors made by major compan…

Top Ten Global Translation Errors Made by Major Companies – Part 2

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…

Top Ten Global Translation Errors Made by Major Companies – Part 1

While some of these flubs are rather humorous, errors in translation can also be embarrassing and costly for your business…Continuing with the theme of translation errors, we’d like to present the first part of a top ten list that caught our ey…