March 2009

Dictionary of American Regional English Just Released

by Richard Brooks March 27, 2009 Languages

The Dictionary of American Regional English has just been completed and is now available to the general public. Why would you need another dictionary, you may ask? The Dictionary of American Regional English is not a normal dictionary at all. 50 years in the making, it is a compilation of all the different regional dialects [...]

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Lost in Translation: 2 Cuban Pitchers

by Richard Brooks March 20, 2009 Sport

In the World Baseball Classic, an error in translation caused the Cuban baseball team to lose two of its top relief pitchers for their game against Mexico on Monday, March 16th.

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Foreign Language Ban Enforced by Postmaster

by Richard Brooks March 20, 2009

A Postmaster from Nottingham has banned foreigners who can not speak English. According to the BBC Mr Deva Kumarasiri said that he could not serve people if he was unable to understand what they were asking for.

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Chicago Overcome Olympic Translation Problem

by Richard Brooks March 17, 2009 Localization

Chicago is bidding to host the 2016 Olympics but they have had to change their official slogan from ‘Stir The Soul’ to ‘Let Friendship Shine’ over problems with mistranslation in some countries.

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Schools in Irish Translation Debate

by Richard Brooks March 17, 2009 Translation

The 11-plus examination is the entrance test for Grammar Schools. In Northern Ireland they are debating as to whether or not an Irish translation of the exam should be provided. According to the BBC an Irish language education body has requested that all schools provide suitable translations for the test so that it is fair. [...]

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Danish Language Protection Laws Deemed Unnecessary

by Richard Brooks March 13, 2009 Languages

The Danish Culture Ministry has announced that there is no need to pass language protection laws in Denmark at this time, but that other steps should be taken to protect the Danish language. According to the Copenhagen Post Online, the announcement marks the conclusion of a special government committee investigation into whether or not the [...]

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Facebook introduces two new languages

by Richard Brooks March 12, 2009 Languages

The internet giant Facebook has dramatically increased its target market by introducing Arabic and Hebrew. Many people will now find this social networking website much easier to use. They conquered many problems during the production of the site into these languages including changing the sites layout so that it reads right to left and producing [...]

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Clinton in Translation Faux Pas

by Richard Brooks March 10, 2009 Politics

Sergei Lavrov had a laugh at Hilary Clinton on Friday when she gave him a small token gift.

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Flesh Gordon Translation

by Richard Brooks March 9, 2009 Events

A screening of the 1974 R-rated film Flesh Gordon has upset David McNarry an Ulster Unionist Party member and other members of the Stormont Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee.

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Chicago’s Translation Needs Are Evolving

by Richard Brooks March 9, 2009 Languages

The city of Chicago in the USA has found that as a new influx of refugees settle in the city their translation needs are increasingly difficult to meet especially in a time of financial crisis. There are growing communities of people from Iran, Burma and Burundi along with a whole host of other nations. New [...]

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