Germlish

What would you ask for: "Auskunft" or "Service Point"? Photo: DB AG

What do you do? Basic business grammar - Easy

What do "Service Point" staffers actually do? Perhaps their job is similar to yours. Brush up your business grammar with a review of 12 mistakes you might make when you talk about what you do at work.

Fränglisch

Dagmar Taylor writes: "The teacher in me is screaming: 'Tell them what it really is!'"

The dirty dozen, part 3 - Fun

Is your business English full of funny Germlish? These classic "false friends", or words that sound right but are wrong, will make you smile. Learn to get things right with this week's collection of twelve frequent translation errors.

The dirty dozen, part 2 - Medium

The top mistakes that German speakers make in English? Here they are. Get rid of your Germlish with us as you learn more about the differences between German and English in part 2 of our troubleshooting series.

The dirty dozen, part 1 - Medium

The top mistakes that German native speakers make in English? Here they are. Get rid of the first dirty dozen in part 1 of our troubleshooting series.

Own - Medium

How do you translate this sentence into English: Es ist schön, ein eigenes Auto zu haben? Study the word "own" and do our translation exercise.

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