YL14: Lost In Language

People who have never learnt a foreign language often don't understand that ____________ from one language to another can be a rather tricky business.

Unfortunately, on quite a number of occasions. This ___________ can bring about embarrassing misunderstandings.

English-speaking tourists who go to the Tirgavaya Balka National Park in Tajikistan, for example, may be rather surprised to be __________ by a sign saying 'Welcome, expensive visitors

Well, someone with good intentions but little language sensitivity had obviously looked up a word in a ___________ and found two possible translations

Unfortunately, they went for the wrong one. They were ________ completely unaware of what the English on the sign really said!

Some people think they can get away with using automatic online translation services rather than human translators, but this too can lead to _________ results.

You can _________ find out for yourself.

Just key in a phrase in your ________ into an online translator and choose any language from the drop-down menu that you want to have your phrase translated into.

Then use the translated phrase and ask the __________ to translate it back into your mother tongue. You may be rather surprised by the results you get!

Fortunately, automatic online translation ___________ have never really taken off; they just don't seem to work well enough!