Interview university magazine on iPhone apps

The Maastricht University (MU) magazine (called the “Observant”) has published its article on iPhone apps made by MU faculty or students (in Dutch). It’s also available online.

I particularly like the Dutch phrase “Met NeuroMind kunnen in een handomdraai neurologische diagnoses gesteld worden”. Translated in English it would sound like “With NeuroMind one can easily diagnose neurological diseases”. However, there is a subtle language humor in “met een handomdraai”. Literally, it means “with a turn of the hand”, but it’s used as a metaphore for “easily”. In this case, the literal translation is correct as well, because DDx category switches between text mode and mindmap using the iPhone’s autorotation feature.

It’s not just the language that “has a twist”…