From China Daily….is this for real?
Dear Friends- An associate brought this article to my attention and I am looking for some insight on it. Please read: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-03/10/content_12146801.htm Is this article...
View ArticleChinglish: how Chinese will change the way we speak English
Actual street signs seen in China: “If you are stolen, call the police at once.” “Please omnivorously put the waste in garbage can.”" Deformed man lavatory.” These are the types of goofy transgressions...
View ArticlePlease read and give me your feedback……translation test or work for free!
Here is another issue I see all too often: This morning I get an email from a company we have been courting for awhile; they work in and out of China and currently have their bilingual staff members...
View ArticleTranslators and Technology- Principles v. Flexibility
Technology is a touchy field in the translation world and one that is becoming a larger issue. A friend of mine forwarded me a paragraph from a blog that had the opinion that “technology purchased by a...
View ArticleWhat would you do? Our customer sent more than the translation…..
I was supposed to receive 3 documents for translation into Chinese from a manufacturing company we recently started to work with. What was emailed to me was a folder that contained much more than the...
View ArticleA firsthand account of frustrations with China
Our blog has been silent for the last few days as we had the pleasure of helping with the interpreter and interpreting equipment end of a conference put on by a Chinese organization by the name of...
View ArticleInterpreter sets wrong tone for important China-Cincinnati business conference
The conference we just completed has given me fuel for several blog postings, I highly encourage anyone reading this posting to back up and read yesterday’s first, in order to put all of this in...
View ArticleIs working with China a way to keep your business profitable? We think so and...
I find myself a bit irritated by the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters simply because I don’t think their protest is the best way to bring about change, nor do I think it will bring about change. In...
View ArticleThe Easiest Way to Mitigate Risk in International Business is……
Our company just finished helping another company and their law firm out of a major legal jam. To make a long story short, an American company was in a dispute with their Chinese colleagues. The...
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