Thanks to one of our readers for pointing out this news story about York council coming under fire for relying on online machine translation.
There’s a couple of funny examples but there is also an underlying serious point. If you want to communicate details and nuances of your services in a foreign language, the often rough and ready translation provided free online might not be good enough or, even worse, can make you a laughing stock.
There really is no substitute for professional translation services provided by a human being!