The Portuguese will laugh at you if you give a donkey sponge cake. In Finland, meanwhile, you need to prevent any frogs escaping from your mouth - and if you're in Spain, beware of giving anyone the ...

Some curse words are pretty profane, which makes them self explanatory. But sometimes when you're translating swear words from other countries and different languages, something gets lost in ...

It's "Sayonora, Baby" in the Spanish-language version of 'Terminator.' By Andy Lewis Translating movies is tricky. Take the line “Hasta la vista baby” from the Terminator 2: Judgment Day (No. 54 on ...

English can be a tricky language to master. Things can get particularly bizarre for translators if they not only lack the required skill set but also if the language they’re translating from has a ...

China held the National College English Test last Saturday. This year's exam laid more emphasis on subjective questions rather than objective ones. The result was some very funny translations from ...

Anyone who's ever tried to learn another language knows that translation is a difficult art to master. Cognates turn out to mean something else, prepositions aren't used the same way, idiomatic ...