Translation fails
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While the below examples are merely harmless translation/localisation fails that entertain us, mistranslations can actually have serious consequences. On a small scale, a company can convey the wrong message, and confuse or even offend its audience. On a larger scale, errors of translation or interpretation could cause history-changing decisions and acts; that's the subject of Mark Polizzotti's excellent article in The New York Times.
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Translation theories and thoughts
Translation
Your perfect tech rider
Music
Sociolinguistics: key concepts
Sociolinguistics
Learning a new language
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English in Ireland: Irish English
Languages
Slang
Localisation
Taboo Language
Sociolinguistics
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Youth Language
Sociolinguistics
Slang
Onomatopeias across the world
Languages
Fun facts
Language and gender
Gender
Sociolinguistics
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Humour
Music
The meme corner - Food around the world
Humour
The meme corner - Being a translator/interpreter
Translation
Humour
The meme corner - Linguistics
Languages
Humour
The meme corner - Translation
Translation
Humour
When comedy makes fun of interpreting
Humour
Manipulating words and reality in politics
Language attrition
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