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kmtext
kmtext
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Lumsdun Jun 27, 2011

The name of a chimney sweep in Edinburgh - for those who don't know, a lum is a chimney in Scots.
 
pcovs
pcovs
Дания
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английский => датский
My all time favourite Jun 27, 2011

is UPS.
In Danish, this means woops. Not exactly a good name for a transport company, is it?
 
Lesley Clarke
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Мексика
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And what about Jun 29, 2011

Mensa, the association for people with high IQs who are not aware that "Mensa" is Spanish for "Stupid".
 
Michael Wetzel
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lemon = enUS Jun 29, 2011

Hello neilmac,
I asked myself the same thing.

Slang is, of course, particularly liable to be different between UK and US. My Collins and Oxford included this meaning and I decided that was enough for a forum post. Good to know that it is largely unfamiliar to many UK speakers.

The automotive industry is emphasized as one of the agency's specialties.

Sincerely,
Michael
 
moken
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Translate server error Jul 1, 2011

Not a translation company, but an all-time favourite nonetheless.

See more
Not a translation company, but an all-time favourite nonetheless.

http://www.google.es/search?um=1&hl=es&biw=1024&bih=577&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=translate%20server%20error%20restaurant&oq=translate%20server%20error%20restaurant&aq=f&aqi=g-L1&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=7453l9203l0l10l8l0l0l0l2l234l1252l0.7.1l8 ▲ Collapse
 
Jeff Whittaker
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Unwise agency names Jul 1, 2011

onehourtranslation
budgettranslations
fasttranslations
liveperson
quicklingo
quicktranslations
quickanddirtytranslations



[Edited at 2011-07-02 18:09 GMT]
 
Malcolm Rowe
Malcolm Rowe
Великобритания
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And how about the LICS logo? Mar 7, 2012

The Australian Language Industry Certification System has, to my mind, a rather unfortunate logo in which the wave pattern line across the globe makes the C look like another letter entirely!

http://www.lics-certification.org/index.htm_





(I'm not sure I'd trust the output of a company certified by LIES)
 
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