Have you ever thought of translating the brand name Lego? Or Nestle? Dr Haslina Haroon has. Haroon, a lecturer in Translation Studies at a School of Humanities in Malaysia, reveals the meaning of these world-famous brand names in a recent article entitled “Lost in Translation.”

According to a recent article on the Common Sense Advisory blog, there is a growing demand for language services across the globe – and in a vast array of tongues.

“U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon dedicated a soaring glass and steel sculpture to the memory of journalists killed in the line of work at a somber gathering in London Monday evening.

Haruki Murakami’s novels have been translated into well over thirty languages, and some of his works, such as Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, have become modern classics. But not everybody knows that the famous Japanese writer has drawn plenty of inspiration from his own language translation work.