These real-life examples show the true value of good translation — and the real cost of bad translation — well beyond price per word.
"Gay" blunder mars Eurovision Song Contest brochure in Germany
Dusseldorf – A typographical error compounded by a translation error converted a music-awareness campaign in city schools into a ‘Gays’ Day of Action’ in the German city of Dusseldorf as it prepares to host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
The country's top court has decided that Alberta must cover about $120,000
in legal costs for a francophone man who challenged a $54 traffic ticket that was not written in both of Canada’s official languages …
A hospital in Florida had to pay 71 million dollars in a lawsuit because they failed to spend about $100 to correctly interpret a patient’s complaint, which led to quadriplegia.
The ad hoc interpreters made 165 errors, and 77 percent of them were potentially dangerous…
Rogers saves $800,000 because of a 'comma' in French translation
The French language has trumped the comma in a contract dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Aliant Regional Communications LP.
Latin American media abuzz over Canadian's military rejected FARC acronym
Revelations the military was close to using the name of Colombia’s most notorious guerrilla army as the Royal Canadian Air Force’s French acronym has set Latin American media buzzing.
Air Canada ordered to pay $12,000 to passenger unable to order drink in French
When Michel Thibodeau couldn’t order a 7-Up in French on an Air Canada flight in spring 2009, the federal-government worker didn’t just grumble about poor service. He and his wife Lynda sued the airline for more than half a million dollars.
