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Spiders, Goats, Skates and KFC make for Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays! 'Tis the season for warm cheer, visions of sugarplums, the scent of pine and the rich taste of eggnog. The Currier and Ives vision of an American Holiday Season may create a mythic standard here but not all across the globe. Consider a few fun traditions that are fixtures… Continue reading

A Step Sister or a Sister-In-Law, Lost in Translation for your Organization

Hello, Profit, You may be aware of Machine Translation (MT), and how it's implemented by organizations to convert websites and documents into other languages. MT is commonly used as an umbrella term to describe all translation software but it's only one of two similar processes. The sister process of MT is CAT (Computer Assisted Translation)… Continue reading

Don’t let your Business Tootie him with Vigor

Happy Spring, Welcome to the March 2021 installment of FRIDAY LANGUAGE FUNNIES - a humorous sample of faux pas to brighten your Friday and act as a reminder that a simple translation error could lead to disastrous results. Here are a few examples of unintended translation stumbles that did these businesses all harm and no good: A… Continue reading