Geography and language
A foreign age-rating symbol is not a Canadian classification lookup
A familiar-looking age number can belong to a different classification system or media format.
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The viewing journal — page 112
Practical reading about screens, players, Canadian viewing and the decisions behind a better setup.
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Geography and language
Follow an international cooking programme without mixing cups, grams and oven scales
A recipe can fail even when the subtitle translation is accurate: cups, ounces, grams and oven temperatures describe different measurements.
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Read wind numbers on a foreign weather broadcast before comparing them
A wind graphic can use knots, miles per hour, metres per second or a Beaufort force number.
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A car programme’s higher mpg and lower L/100 km can both mean better economy
Car programmes and reviews can quote miles per US gallon, miles per imperial gallon or litres per 100 kilometres.
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Read billion, milliard, lakh and crore in a news programme without changing the amount
A large number can be correct in two languages and still look inconsistent after a literal translation.
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A Japanese programme date may use an era year rather than a shortened Gregorian year
A Japanese date marked Reiwa 8 or 令和8年 refers to an era year, not the year 2008.
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