Monthly Archives: September 2008

Mark International Translation Day with our free card

By admin | Published: 29 September 2008
In what way are language celebration days like buses? You wait for ages and then two come along at once! After last week’s European Day of Languages, this Tuesday marks International Translation Day. The translation day was established in 1991 by the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (International Federation of Translators). The date of 30 September [...]
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Celebrating Languages across Europe on Friday

By admin | Published: 25 September 2008
This Friday, 26 September, is European Day of Languages when people across the European Union are meant to get together to celebrate language and cultural diversity. The day is sponsored by the Council of Europe and in their words is designed to be: • A Europe-wide celebration of all the world’s languages • A day to [...]
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Should Italian use English words?

By admin | Published: 11 September 2008
No visitor to Italy can miss the stream of adverts using English phrases, or the now ubiquitous “il weekend”. Today, the BBC news site has a report on a study in Italy about the infiltration of English into Italian. The study by the respected Dante Alighieri Society [website in Italian] shows that many feel it [...]
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Strategy for surviving recession?

By admin | Published: 11 September 2008
It seems like every day there are new headlines of doom, gloom and forthcoming recession. Whilst the American recession has perhaps had less of an impact on the global economy than it would have done in the past, the overwhelming evidence of global recession casts a grey cloud over small businesses. Earlier this month, an OECD [...]
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Signs of confusion

By admin | Published: 3 September 2008
A newspaper snippet the other day set me thinking about the problems any copywriter or translator can face in getting a wording which is not only accurate but also pleases their client. It seems Tesco have been having problems with the signs at their express checkouts which are deigned for customers with a small amount of [...]
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