Companies spend thousands, sometimes millions on the design of a brand, logo and name and it can pay off. Others simply don’t. Those who do research their chosen name for strange, rude or abusive translations in foreign languages. (more…)
#1. Thou shalt not steal.
This sign is in the Ji Fa garden centre in Beidaihe, Hebei province. (more…)
见到 你 很 高兴 jiàndào nǐ hěn gāoxìng = Very pleased to meet you. This is always a very useful phrase to have under your belt.
January 19, 2010
I should, at this exact minute be somewhere over the English Channel and set for a final approach to London’s Heathrow airport. Why aren’t I? FOG! Fog, fog and more fog.
December 19, 2007
So here we all are on the run-up to Christmas. T & I have decorated the apartment and already the lights have been admired. Not hard given we have no competition! The best news is that we just bought a turkey – the only one in the city. I dare [...]
