Recently a client asked WTB to recruit a Bahasa Indonesian translator. It is the first time I deal with this particular language so I decided to find out more about it. Bahasa Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and the word Bahasa means "language." You might have also heard of "Bahasa Malay," it means the language of Malay and it is one of the official languages of Malaysia and Singapore.

Something else I learned recently was the difference between Dutch and Flemish. I often come across translators who do translations in both languages and I wonder what the connection is between the two languages. To find out the answer, I asked Jeeves (it is a useful web site www.ask.com). Here is what I found out: Flemish is the Belgium dialect of Dutch. People in the Netherlands and Belgium both speak and write Dutch. But the people of Belgium have developed some unique characteristics of their own related to the Dutch language. Therefore came the name Flemish (Dutch-speaking Belgians are called Flemings).

I guess there is always something new to be learned at any job!