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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:23 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Newsletter</title><subtitle>Newsletter</subtitle><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-05-08T16:26:09Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Arabic or else . . .</title><category>News</category><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2008/3/20/arabic-or-else.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2008/3/20/arabic-or-else.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2008-03-20T10:16:33Z</published><updated>2008-03-20T10:16:33Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[It has been announced by the government in the United Arab Emirates that Arabic is to be the official language for all federal authorities.

This move has been made to enhance the presence of Arab speaking people within the labour market and to restore a national identity to the region.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Ballyhoo tattoo may be taboo</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/11/12/ballyhoo-tattoo-may-be-taboo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/11/12/ballyhoo-tattoo-may-be-taboo.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-11-12T16:51:21Z</published><updated>2007-11-12T16:51:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Chinese or Japanese character tattoos, known as Hanzi tattoos, are increasing in popularity in the UK. The problem is most of the people getting the tattoos do not know what the characters actually say and neither do the tattoo artists. A case of the blind tattooing the blind drunk perhaps?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rum, 2 tequilas and at least 5 pints of lager and . . . how did I get toner there!?</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/11/12/ho-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-rum-2-tequilas-and-at-least-5-pints.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/11/12/ho-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-rum-2-tequilas-and-at-least-5-pints.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-11-12T15:26:28Z</published><updated>2007-11-12T15:26:28Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[A staggering (quite litereally) four in ten workers have been sick at their Christmas party while more than third admit to snogging their boss or a colleague, according to research by Sussex internet outfit Sigmer Technologies.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Are you an OpenType?</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/9/5/are-you-an-opentype.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/9/5/are-you-an-opentype.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-09-05T10:39:01Z</published><updated>2007-09-05T10:39:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Finally, languages and software developers are starting to talk, whats more they are making sense. For many years multilingual publishing has been dogged by 'font issues'.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Creative Translation announces partnership with PR Distribution Co Webitpr.</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/8/22/creative-translation-announces-partnership-with-pr-distribut.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/8/22/creative-translation-announces-partnership-with-pr-distribut.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-08-22T10:10:08Z</published><updated>2007-08-22T10:10:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Creative Translation is pleased to announce a business partnership with webitpr, a leading online news distribution company.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Web Gives Kiss Of Life To Dying Languages</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/web-gives-kiss-of-life-to-dying-languages.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/web-gives-kiss-of-life-to-dying-languages.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-06-22T10:43:52Z</published><updated>2007-06-22T10:43:52Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Languages are 'dying out' at a staggering rate of about two a month according to language expert David Crystal]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Mc Logo</title><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/mc-logo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/mc-logo.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-06-22T10:32:48Z</published><updated>2007-06-22T10:32:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[McDonalds has developed food/health icons or images that will work, with or without language, in over 109 locations]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Beijing Bans Blunders</title><category>News</category><id>http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/beijing-bans-blunders.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.ttcweb.com/newsletter-journal/2007/6/22/beijing-bans-blunders.html"/><author><name>Creative Translation</name></author><published>2007-06-22T09:49:39Z</published><updated>2007-06-22T09:49:39Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-GB"><![CDATA[Beijing city officials have unveiled plans to ban the goofy English translations that regularly appear on signs and notices throughout the city.]]></summary></entry></feed>