Land of salmon and asparagus trees
This week, we’ve had a record amount of seeds floating through the air that look a lot like snow and...
Google translate – hours of entertainment
I looked up reviews on a children’s activity park in Italy, but everything was in Italian so I had to...
Just because I SOUND like a caveman…
This past weekend, I took a shortcut past a brand new tram stop that had not yet opened. A very...
Pizza Hatt
In Stockholm, many businesses can be found in one building. While looking for directions to a doctor’s appointment, I noticed...
Toileted
I work part-time as a translator for Swedish to English documents. My oldest son tried to translate a paper his...
The problem with Google Analytics
We all know that Google and other websites monitor our searches and interests in order to tailor product ads to...
Please remove this creature
I wrote the doctor here in Sweden to make an appointment to have a mole removed. I may have mis-translated.
Translated reviews of Italian houses
Like most Swedes, I’m spending my winter months planning our summer vacations. I’ve been reading reviews on many of the...
News of the Weird
I picked up the Swedish paper this morning and had to ask myself, why is there a train full of...
Watch your language
I am usually very careful about the expressions I use around people who don’t have English as a first language,...
I want!
I’ve noticed that the woman at the reception desk at the swim hall always looks at me as if I’m...
I have become bitten
One thing that makes television fun to watch over here is the way they translate the titles. There is a...