The Croatian (ahem) Anthem

Kwintessential shares the story of how a linguistic and rather X-rated mistake may have proven to be a good omen for the Croatian team at the Euro 2008 finals. Read on …

When translations go wrong

Kwintessential shares this link to a Guardian article that reports on how mistaken words and a literal translation provided by translation web site Babel Fish, almost led to a diplomatic incident. It is an interesting read, but not necessarily surprising. I often use Babel Fish to help me in translating messages to French and Spanish for both business and personal communications. However, [...]