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).
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 [...]
Gazprom Highlight Need for Brand Checks
Russian energy giant Gazprom recently announced a joint venture with the state run Nigerian energy company NNPC. Unfortunately they didn’t think it wise to get their chosen brand checked for inappropriate or culturally offensive meanings throughout the world.
