News from JMS
Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…
French to English: Catalogue Blogalog
We’ve just received copies of a catalogue we translated for the French publisher Armand Colin.
They publish interesting books on current affairs, social sciences, history and cinema. The vocabulary was very specific and took time to get right.
Have just read about Word Lens, an app for Android phones that translates signs and menus in foreign languages. Am going to investigate and report…
In the meantime here are a few translations for mobile or cell: Handy (German), portable (French), 手机 shou ji (Chinese), móvil (Spanish) and Handphone (Korean).
Some Swiss Germans use their Natel to make calls I hear.