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		<title>US imports</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<title>Berliner Mundart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This sign was seen at a new fleamarket known as the Nowkoelln Flowmarkt (which is as Denglish as they come!) in the Neukölln district of Berlin a few weeks ago. A couple of people were selling crepes at the market &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/berliner-mundart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=487&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freitag Fun: Why not just plain “water”?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Translation Mistakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the coffee shop chains in Berlin has put out water for their patrons since all that coffee makes everyone so thirsty. They are also nice enough to put a label on it: &#8220;tab water&#8221;. Some people think that &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/freitag-fun-why-not-just-plain-water/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=284&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spot the Translation Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Translation Mistakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can you spot the translation mistake? I took this photo a few days ago on Bernauerstrasse in Berlin. This ice-cream truck is often parked in front of the Bernauerstrasse Documentation Center, where an original piece of the Berlin Wall also &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/freitag-fun-spot-the-translation-mistake/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=267&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freitag Fun: two words&#8230;good by</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people think they don&#8217;t need to hire a translator because they learned English at school. Lots of people thing they can save money on a professional translator if it is only a short text. Lots of people think &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/freitag-fun-two-wordsgood-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=199&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two words…good by</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Translation Mistakes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people think they don&#8217;t need to hire a translator because they learned English at school. Lots of people thing they can save money on a professional translator if it is only a short text. Lots of people think &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/two-wordsgood-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=530&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God save the queen &#8211; Gott speichert die Königin ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most people, or at least translators, seem to agree that translation software is no replacement for a professional, human translation, I have often heard the opinion that a program like Google Translate is good for getting a basic understanding &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/god-save-the-queen-gott-speichert-die-konigin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=190&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freitag Fun: No Flirting with the Bicycles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently making a pass at bicycles is not authorized, and neither is parking for that matter. You would think that Berlin at the height of its Berlinale (Berlin&#8217;s International Film Festival) frenzy would have known better. This sign was found &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/freitag-fun-no-flirting-with-the-bicycles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=31&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton Gets it Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Vilece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another translation fiasco and this one reflects poorly on the entire American government body. You would think that the American government would be able to find at least one qualified, English &#8211; Russian, professional translator to handle the one-word translation &#8230; <a href="http://translatingberlin.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/hillary-clinton-gets-it-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=translatingberlin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6774390&amp;post=94&amp;subd=translatingberlin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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