"Undiplomatic Activities", or the art of mistranslation</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content=""Undiplomatic Activities", or the art of mistranslation"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content=""Undiplomatic,Activities",,or,the,art,of,mistranslation"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">31-08-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>"Undiplomatic Activities", or the art of mistranslation</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Melbourne, Australia (Scotsman): The man who was Australia's top foreign service mandarin for four years has blown the whistle on some of the howlers made when diplomats' words get lost in translation. Richard Woolcott has written a book, Undiplomatic Activities, listing some of the funniest - and most embarrassing. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1384472007 " target="blank">thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1384472007 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show