Archive for August, 2009
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Britain coming out of the recession according to ICAEW
The headlines this morning (apart from England winning The Ashes – well done Freddie & co!) profess that, all of a sudden, Britain is almost out of the recession. Brilliant!
Thanks to a study into the “confidence of business professionals”, it seems the recession, according to some commentators, was just an overnight problem after all. So, [...]
Holiday Translation Tool: “In’t reet gud” according to ALS staff member
Just seen a funny (gimmicky, yet useful) post about a UK travel company that has launched a new online search facility – it lets users search by typing in phrases in their own dialect.
Lastminute’s new ‘Pronto’ tool translates pre-set search terms in Scouse, Geordie, Manc, Brummie, Bristolian and Glaswegian dialects. Alternatively, the more skeptical (confused) [...]
Free Pocket French Phrasebook
If you’re planning a vacation or business trip to France any time soon, you might want to brush up on the French language.
We’ve put together a plethora of French phrases and words which you’ll find. We’ve also created a handy PDF version of the most important phrases, which you can print out and keep in [...]
UK Missing the Export Boat
GDP figures for Japan, France and Germany were released this week and they showed over 0.3% growth, great news in that it shows that the global economy is definitely on the mend. One of the main driving factors of this unexpected recovery is export, which is also great for the Euro Zone and something I [...]
For the grade A, B, C or D, answer A, B, C or D…
Interesting story in The Telegraph about a school not too far away from Applied Language Solutions Head Office (no connection!), that has suspended five teachers for helping pupils to pass language examinations.
The language specialist high-school in Little Lever, near Bolton, will also withhold results for papers submitted for French, German and Spanish examinations.
James Stangroom, Applied [...]
Gaelic translation for Scottish Parliament, via India
Just seen a report that Scottish Parly chiefs have gone and outsourced a Gaelic Translation project to a company based in India – via a UK based company (!) – only to use locally sourced linguists (local to Scotland) for the job. This is despite Holyrood employing two in-house Gaelic speakers, of course, prompting the [...]
A sad day indeed as spammers go multilingual…
Diluted viagra?! Spammers have been using machine translation to convert their campaigns into major Eurpoean languages – to presumably little effect and great annoyance to their new found customers (victims).
