Archive for July, 2009
Lending figures add up to bad news for UK business
Just read an interesting story on BBC News about the recent war of words between the Chancellor, Alistair Darling and the British Bankers Association (BBA) concerning the supposed (disputed) increase in business lending.
Following comments made by the Chancellor, that he was “Extremely concerned” about lending levels, the BBA promptly released figures that showed an increase [...]
Export Box launch covered by Daily Express
This morning we woke up to the encouraging view of our new service, Export Box being featured in the Daily Express – always a pleasure!
Export Box is a dedicated exporting package that enables first time exporters to venture overseas with their goods or services – It’s pledge is “Helping you export – to anywhere”.
For under [...]
ALS boss reacts to Porsche payout
During the recession, the bonus culture which has (in part) helped to propel the global economy to the dizzy heights from which it has recently plummeted (sic: and subsequently buried itself under its own terminal velocity), has come under fire from just about every possible angle.
From bank bosses to outgoing MP’s, public outcry against the [...]
La Tribune in English (sort of)
Leading French newspaper La Tribune have launched English, Italian, German and Spanish versions of their website. The only downside is that they have used machine translation.
While machine translation is great for smaller businesses and hobby sites to help their users get the gist of a site, it is not what you would expect from such [...]
Monkeys recognise ‘bad grammar’
Studies on monkeys have revealed clues about the evolution of language.
In the journal Biology Letters, researchers said that cotton-top tamarins (like the one pictured) are able to spot if the order of syllables in a word is “wrong”.
They familiarised the monkeys with two-syllable terms, and recorded their reaction to words [...]
Pedestrians Puzzled by Welsh Road Sign
Pedestrians in Cardiff, Wales have been left in a state of confusion by a wrongly translated road sign
Hayden Panettiere’s Misspelt Tattoo
Yet another celebrity has made the mistake of having the wrong translation permanently inked on to their body.
Hayden Panettiere, the 19 year old star of Heroes, has joined the growing list of celebs including David Beckham and Rihanna who have had a misspelt translated tattoo.
The actress meant to have “to live without regret” translated into [...]
Google helping firms take over the world…
You’ve heard the remarks before, no doubt, that “Google is on a mission to take over the world”. You may have even agreed from time to time, however one thing is certain – they definitely are, but not as you would (like to) think!!
Much has been said about Google (good and bad) since its meteoric [...]
