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The Gazette
April 10, 2008
Web translation about more than words
Sites must also reflect cultural preferences

The Vancouver Sun
March 17, 2008
Chinese and Western worlds fail miserably to understand each other

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May 2008

Machine Translation vs. Human Translators
Last year, a group of Israeli journalists used an online machine translation tool to translate an email for the Dutch Consulate in Tel Aviv. The message should have been about an upcoming visit to the Netherlands for a seminar on Dutch politics. However, the final result was nothing close to that and they ended up asking the Dutch minister some senseless questions about his mother.

April 2008

Easter and other holidays around the World
Pay attention to cultural and religious diversity - Have you ever received an email saying “Happy Holidays” even though you will not actually be celebrating anything? People love to share their happiness with others and sometimes they do not remember that the recipient might not be in the same situation. This is very common in multinational societies, like in Canada, where there are so many different nationalities living and working together.