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When the FBI in September called upon speakers of Arabic to aid the U.S. government with its translation and intelligence-gathering needs, thousands of individuals signed up to help—sending a powerful message of solidarity with all Americans in our time of crisis. The way to maintain volunteers...
Some of the largest companies in the field--Bowne Global Solutions, Lionbridge Technologies and Berlitz GlobalNET (a sister company of the language school)--say they expect a surge in U.S. government contracts involving Arabic, Dari, Pashtu, Uzbek and other languages useful in the war against terrorism. But that's a...
Translation screw-ups by companies like Perdue (slogan "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" read "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused" in Mexico), Puffs ("whorehouse" in German) and Gerber ("to throw up" in French slang) might seem merely funny. But misunderstandings can...
For some Taliban members, the campaign was already over. Captured by the Northern Alliance, they were crowded into an eight-cell, dirt-floor jailhouse in Taloqan, where they waited, fearing for their lives. Aziz, a tall, moon-faced Arab warrior in a dirty blue shalwar kameez, squatted on the floor...
This would be a tall order for anyone, much less someone with no diplomatic experience whose tools at her disposal don't even work that well when you are just trying to make Uncle Sam all warm and fuzzy. Still, she's doing what she can with leaflets and rapid...