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Messages - sean

#1
I'm definitely attending, I need to practice my English.  And am up for a road trip on Sunday.
#2
Booked, and looking forward to visiting Schiphol Friday on the way from Italy and Charles de Gaulle on the way back Monday :-)
#3
Web Development / Re: Google preview and colours
November 11, 2010, 06:45:00 AM
Slightly off topic, but if you want to suppress site preview, google says in a webmaster central post that it is currently respecting "nosnippet" (meta tag or x-robots-tag). Be aware that nosnippet will suppress the text summary/snippet and set noachive as well (or at least it use to work that way, haven't tested it in a while).  Bing uses "nopreview" which I think Google should honor instead, but who am I to say so :-)
#4
Web Development / Re: Spanish and Chinese Translation
November 11, 2010, 06:37:23 AM
Just want to throw a spanner / wrench in to the works: if you're having a site translated and you expect the result to resonate with your target audience (human + bot), keep in mind:

1) Translation is hard.  It needs to be done by a native speaker who is also extremely proficient in the source language.  This will cost you real money; the best option is to find a person who knows what they are doing and is working free lance

2) Languages with a wide geographic reach have local nuances which need to be taken into consideration.  Which geography do you want to reach?  Try "Mi mate's ruck was nicked from the boot" in Los Angeles. If your accent isn't too strong, they'll have understood "was" and "from the"...  How about sidewalk/pavement?  Fanny & Fag?  Spanish definite presents these types of problems as well.  Chinese is actually multiple languages, with Mandarin & Cantonese being the most used.  I'm not sure if the written language (symbols) is the same or if it changes...

Most of my translation contacts work with Italian / German / French / English, so I don't have specific names.  There is an agency based in Milan which seems to have an extensive network of translators.  They also have ties to Bruce Clay for what it is worth.  http://www.agostiniassociati.it/  I'm not sure I can recommend them, but at least you could get a benchmark quote.