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FOOD CHALLENGE: AMERICAN VS BRITISH FOOD

British Vs American Accents...

ENGLISH: BRITISH VS AMERICAN VS CANADIAN

BRITISH VS AMERICAN VS CANADIAN ENGLISH

A Rare Look Inside US Navy Nuclear Submarine USS Texas

USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of Texas.

FOR VS DURING

We use DURING to say when something taken place; where FOR is used to say about duration of which it took.

Learn the following examples:

A storm hit during last night took for a few hours.
I was on vacation for 3 weeks during the fall.
Welcoming remarks were delivered for an hour during an annual meeting of the Steering Committee yesterday.
A traffic jam took place for two hours during this morning.
It is understood BBC journalists had tried to verify reports that as many as 40 Tory rebels were planning to defy the Government during a Brexit debate.
Officials announced during a Monday evening news conference that danger was not imminent for this mountain town.
The EAS warning is the message that interrupts your TV program and/or radio station during a tornado warning.
At the Army-Navy game on Saturday, the military came together during for an amazing rendition.
The social network’s founder took to Facebook Live to play around with the prototypes and updates built by the firm’s engineers during this month.
Signal strength and voice quality during calls
Routine appointments will not be available during afternoon.
During the training session, doctors will hear from colleagues within the Department of Health and Social Care on a number of topics.
Things have gone smoothly during for this year's Black Friday because of the extra vigilance.
For his Thanksgiving Eve, all the restaurants have all hands on decks during for busiest rush of the year.
All of these additional birds will be distributed statewide, utilizing the new Pheasant Allocation Formula during for the remaining days of the current stocking season.
It can last for about three months; after this time the placenta begins to take over hormone production from the ovaries.
For most of the women who experience implantation bleeding, they will notice light bleeding for only one or two days.

Very Happy International Translation Day

DO VS MAKE

These two words have similar meanings, however, it is often difficult to choose between them.

We use ‘DO’ when it comes talking about activity without saying exactly what it is.

What are they doing?

She like doing nothing.

He doesn’t know what to do.

Do something that is productive!

‘DO’ is commonly used when it comes to talking about work.

I am doing my work.

I like doing homework.

I hate doing shopping.

I dislike doing the boring jobs.

‘MAKE’ is often used to express the idea of creation or construction.

We have just made a plan.

I used to make some cakes.

They are making a big house.

There are no clear rules in other cases. Look in a good dictionary if you are not sure which one is correct. However, choosing the word, ‘MAKE’ is more likely to be right. Learn more through the following expressions:

Do good/well/harm/one’s best/business/a favorite job…

Make an offer/an excuse/an exception/a mistake/a noise/a phone call/the most of it/the best of/money/a profit/love/war/peace…

EDITING AND/OR PROOFING

This processing round happens at post-translation including checking and polishing the translated material(s), wherever it is necessary, so that the translation becomes accurate and loyal to the source and naturally flows. Within this final stage of the Translation, Editing, and Proofing (TEP) process, editors should have to take actions of any necessary changes so as to ensure consistency, completeness and accuracy of the source or original text. The editors should keep in mind that the edited translation being delivered will never ever be published with any further checking that there must be no error.

Editor’s checklist should be considered and reviewed against the proposed requirements or specific instructions. The following criteria should be taken into account when handling such a job/project:

Accuracy:
Accuracy through cultural differences
Rules of the locale including numbers, non-translated texts, proper nouns, tables of numbers etc.,

Grammar & Style:
Appropriate style for the target audience
Grammar, punctuations, and spelling
Readability and flow of the text
The proposed language specific style guide, if applicable
Review the products using appropriate tools such as track change in MS Word making clean and unclean files available

Consistency:
Consistency within the products and with reference materials normally including TM and Glossary/Term Base…
Getting the relevant TM or Glossary/Term Base, if necessary and/or applicable

Text Completeness:
Getting the source and target matched as language specific rules

Formatting:
Checking hyphenation and line breaks as per language specific instructions provided
Following the source format of the document and any specific instructions given

Overall evaluation:
Feedback when delivering

*** Be reassured that you have never made harms to the trees.

US-VS-GB ENGLISH: VOCABULARY

Sometimes different words have the same meaning (US cab vs GB taxi), however, the same word has different meaning (Mad: US 'angry' vs GB 'crazy').
The following words should be noted for an instance of the difference between the United States (US) and Great British (GB) English:

US / GB
alumnus / graduate
anyplace / anywhere
apartment / flat
attorney / barrister, solicitor
automobile / motorcar
baby-carriage / pram
bar / pub
billboard / hoarding
billfold / wallet
broiler / grill
cab / taxi
call collect / reverse charges - while telephoning
can / tin
candy / sweets
checkers / draughts
closer / cupboard
coin-purse / purse
cookie / biscuit
corn / maize
crazy / mad
crib / cot
cuffs / turn-ups - on trousers
dessert / sweet
detour / diversion
diaper / nappy
dish-towel / tea-towel
divided highway dual carriageway
drug store / chemist('s)
elevator / lift
eraser / rubber
expressway / motorway
faculty / staff (of a university)
fall / autumn
faucet / tap - indoors
fender / mudguard, bumper (of a car)
first floor / ground floor
flashlight / torch
flat / flat tyre, puncture
freeway / motorway
garbage can / dustbin, rubbish-bin
gas, gasoline / petrol
gear-shift / gear-lever
generator / dynamo
highway / main road
hobo / tramp
hood / bonnet (of a car)
intermission / interval (in an entertainment)
intersection / crossroads
janitor / caretaker
kerosene / paraffin
liquor store / off-licence
mad / angry
mail / post
mailbox / postbox
mailman, mail carrier / postman
math /maths
mean / nasty, vicious (person)
motor / engine
movie / film
the movies / the cinema
muffler / silencer
no place / nowhere
oil-pan / sump
one-way / single, optician
overpass / flyover
pacifier / dummy - for a baby
pants / trousers
panty-hose / tights
patrolman / constable - policeman
pavement / road surface
peek / peep
pitcher / jug
pocketbook, purse / handbag
potato chips / crisps
private hospital / nursing home
railroad (car) / railway (carriage)
raincoat / mackintosh, raincoat
raise / rise (in salary, wage...)
realtor / estate agent
rest room / public toilet
round-trip / return - ticket
rubber / condom - male contraceptive
rubbers / gumshoes, wellington boots
run / ladder - in heights
schedule / timetable
school / school, college, university
sedan / saloon (car)
shorts underpants
shoulder / verge (of a road)
sick / ill
sidewalk / pavement
sneakers / gymshoes, tennis-shoes'
someplace / somewhere
spigot / tap - outdoors
spool of thread / reel of cotton
stingy / mean =/= generous
store / shop
stove / cooker
stroller / push-chair - for a baby
subway / tube, underground - train
suspenders / braces
sweater / jersey, jumper, pullover, sweater
thread / cotton
thumbtack / drawing-pin
tidbit / titbit
traffic circle / roundabout
trailer / caravan
trash / rubbish
trashcan / dust-bin, rubbish-bin
truck / van, lorry
trunk / boot (of a car)
turnpike / toll motorway
undershirt / vest
vacation / holidays(s)
vest / waistcoat
wheat / corn, wheat
windshield / windscreen (of a car)
wreck / crash (of a vehicle)
wrench / spanner
zipper / zip

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