The UK Foreign Office has issued an update to the travel advice that it offers for visitors to Bolivia to reflect the situation at Santa Cruz.
“The airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Viru Viru) is currently suffering industrial unrest. There is an increased risk of cancellation of international flights. You should check with your travel agents or airlines before going to the airport.”
The full advice for Bolivia can be found at the FCO website here.
Today the Monday Podcast talks about a new type of fuel – bio-ethanol. Graham has been driving a bio-ethanol car for the last week and comments on how the car is running and how new fuels help the environment.
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Here is another example of a translation into German that appears to have gone slightly wrong:
What it wants to do is to ask you politely not to park in front of the entrance, but it should read “Bitte vor diesem Eingang nicht parkieren”.
Or should it?
“Parkieren” sounds funny to the native German – but why? Is it because it appears to be wrong, or even because it appears to be an attempt to translate “to park” into German (as in “to walk” being “spazieren“?)
Actually, in this case, the translation is technically correct – in Swiss German the verb would be “parkieren”. The sign was seen on the entrace to a complex on Lanzarote – perhaps they have a lot of Swiss park in front of the gate?
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