Posted on November 27, 2009, 8:00 am, by Craig Silverman, under
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An article in some copies of Wednesday’s Local & Business section about security issues at the Osceola County Jail unintentionally included a quotation in Spanish that contained a vulgarity. The use of the word did not meet the Sentinel’s language standards, and we apologize. Report an error
Posted on October 9, 2009, 8:00 am, by Craig Silverman, under
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A report told of a German magazine’s plan to stop using professional models. It carried the headline Keine Modelle bitte! (6 October, page 17). Modelle is used when talking about architectural models, prototypes and the like. In current German usage, where anglicisms abound, our headline would be: Keine Models bitte! The name of British Vogue’s [...]
Posted on December 3, 2007, 8:00 am, by Craig Silverman, under
Newspapers.
An article last Sunday about international corporate bribery rendered an expression incorrectly. The word meant to signify a bribe, or “grease money,†in German should have been Schmiergeld, not “schmear gelt.†Link Report an error