Language Mistakes Aren’t Always Funny<\/strong><\/h2>\nMistakes that occur to tourists and those traveling for other reasons can often be laughed off. While in Austria one time, a good friend who is fluent in Dutch learned from a kind native speaker that she was swearing when she chose a word that sounded close to a term in Dutch that was not a curse word.<\/p>\n
Similarly, in Frankfurt one time I asked for ein Fass<\/em> when I wanted a beer on tap. A Bavarian had given me that word and while it may have worked in Munich, further north the term meant that I wanted a barrel of beer.<\/p>\nSuch situations can be easily dismissed, but not when mistakes occur when translating websites, business contracts, legal documents and the like. For these instances, you must work with a translator who is thoroughly familiar with your target language.<\/p>\n