Category Archives: Translation

Why ‘I am Sorry’ Doesn’t Always Translate

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

By William W. Maddux, an associate professor at Insead, Peter H. Kim, an associate professor at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Tetsushi Okumura, a professor at Nagoya City University, and Jeanne M. Brett, a professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg … Continue reading →

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Is Facebook a Social Media Platform or a Translator?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by admin

From a social media platform that helps to share and connect one to another, Facebook is now making a huge leap and effort by offering automatic machine translation function on comments made in all other languages into English. The good … Continue reading →

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Singapore Tourism Board makes another mistake

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

By Lianhe Wanbao dated 15th January 2012 Yet another blooper has appeared in the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) promotional material. Omy’s tech blogger Lin De Yi wrote yesterday that he had discovered Singapore’s Chinese New Year being called “China’s New … Continue reading →

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Jose Mourinho – The Coach of the Decade, The Special one and The Translator?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

Many of you know Jose Mourinho as one of the best football coaches in the world. Nicknamed “The Special One”, he is currently managing Real Madrid, and has helped clubs like Porto, Inter- Milan and Chelsea to the highest honor. … Continue reading →

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