Recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was kind enough to give us the latest example of how poor quality translations can leave an organization looking foolish. In this case, the organization in question was the United States government. As reported on CNN’s website, Hillary presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a “reset button” to [...]
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Diplomatic Translation Gaffe
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009How to Abbreviate the United States of America in Spanish
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Let’s clear up a few issues. The official name is: Estados Unidos de America. It can be written with or without the article: (los) Estados Unidos de América. If the article is included, the verb is pluralized: “Los Estados Unidos han firmado un nuevo acuerdo comercial.” If the article is not included, the verb remains [...]
