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Apr13
Why You Get Professionals to Do the WHOLE Site
Daido Steel is a large Japanese manufacturer of specialty steel products, like parts for power tools.  Their main English language site is translated well, for the most part, and they have been careful to keep text to a mimimum.  Technical terms are translated well, and their is evidence of professional work throughout the site... but somebody slipped up on the Contact Us page.  The inquiry form is simple enough that you can't mess it up, but the instructions include this gem:

"If you can specify our sections, please write the name of them in the cell of Questions/Comments." 

Which is followed by the clincher:

"You can't miss filling in * marked cells."  (Translation: "* = mandatory items")

Well, I certainly hope not!
Apr 4
Bad Translation: Tourism in Argentina
Today's Bad Translation comes to us courtesy of Region, a publisher in the Pampa region of Argentina.  There are too many fun mis-translations to include here.  I invite you to browse the site for yourself.  Visit all the pages. Continue Reading

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