Category: Communication
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Igaming language
For the past one and a half year, I’ve been doing translations within the igaming industry. This has given me a great insight in and knowledge of the world of igaming, games and sports. However, it has also made me a bit of a nerd, when it comes to finding/seeing translation mistakes, as it can be…
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Free translations?!
Don’t deny it, at least once you have visited a free translation tool such as Google Translate or Bing (see also my post on translation tools). Even as a professional translator I’ve been there – I often find myself using Google Translate, when I have to figure out what a certain word is called in…
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Translations gone wrong
Advertisements Gone Wrong In Translation I recently came across this post on advertisements gone wrong in translation, which I found worrying – Just think about the consequences a translation gone wrong can have, not only meaning-wise, but also image-wise. Read the examples below to see the mistakes, if not only to have a laugh: Coors…
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Learning English isn’t always easy
Who said it was going to be easy to learn English, just have a look at this text (see photo), which gives you an example of the crazy English language…
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Communication: Saying yes or was it no?!
Hi again, today you get a shorter and less nerdy blog post than the last few. It’s going to be all about communicating. Even though it’s over a year ago since I moved to Cyprus, I still smile and think about the language differences whenever I hear the Greek word “vaí” (nai) – meaning yes.…
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