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The Horrors of Proofreading - Top 10 German to English Translation Errors
Thread poster: Jeff Whittaker
Jeff Whittaker
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United States
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Spanish to English
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Jan 8, 2013

Outstanding blog article:

http://lingocode.com/the-horrors-of-proofreading-top-10-german-to-english-translation-errors/
 
Richard Bartholomew
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Germany
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German to English
I've dodged most of the bullets. Jan 9, 2013

Thank you Mr Whittaker; that was worth reading. To my great relief, I've managed to dodge most of the bullets that the author fired. However I do solemnly promise to stop translating Impressum to imprint.
 


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