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Found in Translation

September 24, 2012 -By: -In: Interpretation - Comments Off on Found in Translation

It is, as the Japanese say, 一石二鳥, one stone, two birds (Look closely at those characters…now you can read Japanese!) Regular readers already know that I never met a tired old cliché that I didn’t like, and the idea of killing two birds with one stone is particularly appealing to me, given my twin prime […]

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Egg on Face: McDonald’s Hmong Coffee Translation Fail

September 7, 2012 -By: -In: In the News / Awards - Comments Off on Egg on Face: McDonald’s Hmong Coffee Translation Fail

Coffee Gets You Up, Breakfast Gets You Going/ How can you argue with that? What if I say, “Yuavtxhawbpabraukojsawv yuavntxivzograukoj mus?” and put it up on a couple of billboards like McDonald’s in St. Paul? Doing that can start an argument. Louis Henry, who posted the ads, owns eight McDonald’s restaurants around St. Paul. He says […]

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