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Lost in Translation-- Mastering the Language of Aviation - FAA

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     Though the quote is sometimes attributed to Winston Churchill, playwright George Bernard Shaw generally gets credit for the deft observation that “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.”

Shaw was of course referring to the way that the same word — “biscuit,” for instance — can conjure a cookie in the mind of a Briton but bring breakfast to mind for an American.

The wonder and woe of language, though, is that even two people from the same cultural background — or a single household — can hear the same word or phrase and reach a different conclusion as to its meaning. A case in point is the phrase, “language of aviation.” Some will instantly think it refers to English as being the ICAO-prescribed official language of global aviation. Others will think first of the peculiar jargon unique to our preferred pastime. Both meanings are accurate, and both have important implications for the subject at hand: Ensuring that aviation-related communication is clear enough for both sender and receiver to have an identical understanding of its meaning .....     for the full article, click HERE