Posts Tagged ‘automotive’
11-yr-old Hero Interpreter Praised by Paramedics
An 11-year-old boy is being praised by paramedics for acting as an interpreter after he and many others were injured in an Arizona bus crash. The bus was traveling through Arizona on its way from Zacatecas, Mexico to Los Angeles, California, so many of the passengers spoke Spanish but did not speak English as well as this boy, Óscar [...]
Stinky Swedish Product Names Lost without Translation
In the fifties and sixties, there was a Swedish car magazine named "Fart." "Fart" is a Swedish word meaning "speed." Although this likely caused no problem in the magazine's home country, rumors abound that this was quite embarrassing when the writers would travel to international car and racing events. Fifty years later, another Swedish [...]
Translation Bloopers: Subscribe Today via Email!
Orem, UT (PRWEB) January 12, 2010 -- Globalization Group, Inc. (GGI) announces the weekly publication of translation bloopers. Users of translation services can receive a free email subscription to international mistranslations and blunders. “This year localization professionals began signing up for our Weekly Translation Tips to achieve [...]
