The sexual habits of Chinese foreign workers in western countries is an issue which has occasionally made a few headlines. ESWN reported this week on a Chinese foreign worker who was forced to sign a contract forbidding him “from making anyone pregnant, drunkenness, trouble-making and joining in political or union activity” or “for personal reasons resulting in pregnancy [...]
Taiwan is taking an interest in Israeli business. There’s little doubt that Israel is increasing investments in both China and Taiwan on a massive scale. The Chinese official delegation to visit Israel’s Prime Minister conference showed that Israeli-Chinese business isn’t only one way. Now, Taiwan’s pushing forward on Israeli business potential with a special conference held in National Taiwan [...]
TheMarker, Haaretz’s financial section, reports once again that Chinese cars are expected to arrive in Israel. Here’s a translation of the highlights from "First dealer for Chinese cars in Israel - ‘Everybody should fear the Chinese’" article:
"There are good reasons for the delay" explains Moshe Caduri, dealer CEO. "The Chinese are very focused, and [...]
How well do you know the world? think you know where every country is? Here’s a small game I came across to test your knowledge of the world map, demonstrating just how little we know about fellow countries and the big world .
I’m very embarrassed to say I got 40 :$
http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/worldmap/worldmap.html
(It’s interesting to see that [...]
Countless translation applications and services have been built during the years, based on various methods, but most of them are quite bad. According to NIST - Google Translate has been giving better translation results than most engines by using their unique translation by search scheme.
Here’s “Not Lost in Translation” (thanks, Omer) :
Last week, the National Institute [...]
Yesterday, five in the afternoon,we went with mom to the supermarketand on the way we noticed,that our garden is closed.
The swings stand,between the tall trees,and the flowers,so low and colorless,because our garden is closed.
Sleeping cubes lay in the basket,there’s no-one to play.
There’s no nanny to say,what’s wrong and what’s okay,and all the books are sorted neatly [...]
