Alas, China’s translation cleanup continues…

It’s not that I’m the be-all for translation, but I have an appreciation for Chinglish and it’s linguistic friends. It’s very much like Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6972280.stm

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Blog Day 2007

Yea! Blog Day!
Ok – Here my contribution, four blogs I found by hitting the “random” button. Random is good, never know what you might turn up that way. The last came up when I needed something to do with buttermilk and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Bug Girl’s Blog – surprise, surprise, [...]

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Fox guarding the henhouse?

I do feel bad for Guinea-Bissau. The little country just can’t catch a break. But they do have some interesting ideas, like shooting down drug trafficking aircraft. There is the small issue that narcotraffickers don’t exactly put identifying symbols on their planes (unlike a foreign air force). But that really is the [...]

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Malaria Paradigm Shift?

The only combination of three words that could be sweeter would be to have Hanta instead.
Straight from BugGirl – bless the entomologist: http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/exciting-new-malaria-research/
And ScienceDaily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070829143552.htm

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Be they ever more nimble…

Blackwater is buying combat aircraft. Starting with one for training, but if this is anything like their other equipment buys, it’ll just add to their ever-growing capability. They already have at least a few Mambas (anti-mine personnel carriers) and combat helicopters, so why not?
It doesn’t really matter whether you like private [...]

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