The F Word

Here's a great little clip regarding one of the most versatile words in the English language. This probably shouldn't be played through your speakers at work unless you want to "show your character" to the rest of the office.

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Problems with Chinglish Addressed by Gov't

While some of the funniest and most painful translations I've ever seen come from Chinglish origins, at least there's recognition of the problem.

Here's a little article from CNN which brings hope in ending these hilarious travesties.

Chinese officials crack down on bad English

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Chinglish

Let speak for it of self I will.

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Translation & Military

Whether you like it or not, one of the major currents in the translation industry at this time is the use of translation software for military purposes. Communicating in a warzone is a necessity. There's evidently a lot of money in developing this technology but out of the goodness of their collective heart (or is it out of political motivation) IBM is donating translation software valued at $45 million to the US government. Now that's probably an inflated figure if this software were available on the free market, but interesting none the less.

The article can be found here: IBM offers military tech donation.

Discuss the finer points of this if you feel like it. Morality of this donation, intelligence, what's the point?

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