https://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/lost-in-translation-97 Translation reaches every corner of our culture. Our blog shares stories related to translation, culture, language, quality, writing & interpretation through the eyes of translation professionals. Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:25:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.35 https://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/lost-in-translation-97/comment-page-1#comment-2 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:40:52 +0000 http://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/?p=97#comment-2 One of my fondest memories is as a young Taiwanese woman living in New York back in 1990. My neighbor, a Pakistani diplomat, invited me over for dinner one evening. After a few minutes spent in idle conversation with the guests, the host asked us to sit down. I immediately started looking for a chair while everyone else had assumed places on the floor, which is how Pakistanis dine. Every time when I told the story, everybody laughed. So much so, that even after two decades, I still think about this faux pas.

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