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Language localization - an important ingredient for failures

Language localization - an important ingredient for failures

Just happen to stumble upon this ad by Air Arabia on Jang newspaper website and couldn't help notice the error in Urdu to English translation.

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EU lifts ban on in-flight cellphone usage.

In the recent past, Mobile Phones have become synonymous with Food, Water, Air and other necessities of life. Even in under-developed and developing countries, mobile phones are not seen as a luxury anymore. Your driver has it and a 3rd grader kid also has it.

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Fly to Glasgow for free !

PIA is restoring its flights to Glasgow starting Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008. To celebrate the re-launch, PIA is giving Free Round Trip Economy Class tickets to its passengers for the flights between Glasgow and Pakistan in the month of April.

There will be two weekly flights (Wednesday and Sunday) and the schedule will be as follows.

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PIA introduces web ticketing facility

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has finally come out of the stone-age and has entered the 2st century by introducing ticketing facility from its website. This step however, is partial. I say partial because the facility is available only on domestic routes currently.

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How to minimize excess baggage charges for airlines

How to minimize excess baggage charges for airlines

Only yesterday, a friend asked me how much are the charges for baggage in excess of the allowed limit on PIA.

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PIA: Waste of money

PIA: Waste of money

After having been barred to land at many International Airports of repute because of poor quality of aeroplanes and services, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has again lived up to it’s reputat

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