language translation

• It's not just words: it isn't unusual to face a language barrier at work. That's when translators come to the rescue. But theirs is not a simple job of language conversion. Much more goes into the business of translation and interpretation. Swiss News finds out.

'Hat die Katze sich Ihre Zunge verfangen?' said an English-speaking friend of mine to another Swiss friend. The meaning was clear to me, she meant, "H...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

• Googlish--the new computer language: when an innovative team at Google introduced the 'Translate this Page' feature a while back, its Internet search machine didn't reckon on German syntax. Google illustrates the pitfalls of the many online translation services expats know and love.

"What hath God wrought!" marvelled Samuel EB. Morse in his first cable upon inventing the electromagnetic telegraph in 1852. "Mr. Watson. Come here....

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

• Recent Developments In Swiss Arbitration Law

..., the following wording (our translation): "In the event of a dispute regarding the interpr... are available in their original language at www.bger.ch/fr/index/juridiction/jurisdiction-i...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Switzerland's masked mischief-makers.

...Language: German, English translation possible. Group of fi...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• BBN Technologies has received a subcontract from Secure Communication Systems.

... services in support of the Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 5, Octobre 2008

• Orhan Pamuk - Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature

On October 12 cheers rang out as the Swedish Academy announced Turkish author Orhan Pamuk as this year's Nobel Prize Winner in Literature. Pamuk, who was born in 1952, had long been a favorite for the award, and is the first Turkish writer to be honored with the prize. In the words of the Swedish Academy, Pamuk's "quest for the melancholic soul of his native city" made him discover "new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures". Pamuk was born 1952 in Istanbul where he still lives. In mid-November the author faced a handful of Swedish reporters for an intimate press conference at the Swedish Consul's residence in New York. Looking suave in a dark pinstripe blazer and matching pants, Pamuk seemed happy and relaxed. He has had quite a year. In 2005, Pamuk condemned the mass killi...

... when I ask him about his thoughts on translation, he suddenly leans forward and the easy smile is g...I'm translated into more than 40 languages, but the only translator I have a close relationsh...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 19 Num. 19, Novembre 2006
• News

• A new series: Armada International is now introducing a new regular series of articles on ground robots to cater to this emerging discipline. Three reports will be devoted to this technology for 2006. Interestingly enough, Armada International started to look into robots as early as 1989, issue 6 of that year to be precise.

... first appeared in the printed English language in a 1921 translation of the play called R.U.R. by...

• Armada International
• Vol. 30 Num. 1, Février 2006

• Buying and selling property.

..., sign a contract written in a language you understand, or ask the agent to provide a tran...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

• What the soldier wants.

... and toward a universal data language with automatic translation features -- and ICI's P...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 5, Octobre 2001

• UBS and ZFS sell CLS.

... sold their stake in the internal translation service CLS Corporate Language Service to its mana...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2003, Juin 2003