Friday, June 1, 2012

17 Translators' worst nightmare

translation is a commodity
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17 comments:

  1. I think my worst translator's nightmares are making mistakes...

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    1. Or being told my translations are lousy...

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    2. Mine is that Google Translate replaces translators. I really dream about this. It's as absurd as it's scary! In any case, I reckon than Crados chasing me would be worse.

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  2. Agencies want to be paid for when a translator works for them - a real nightmare !

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  3. I once dreamed that I was at my office, completely naked. Then I realized that it was just the PC, my cat and me, so I continued translating :)

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  4. Worse is when you are a translator married to a translator.

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  5. shouldn't the title be: translator'S worst nightmare?

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  6. I would say "Translators' worst nightmare" or "A translator's worst nightmare".

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  7. Not a nightmare but I was once way too tired and writing with a pen and I tried to copy & paste with my finger...

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  8. Do translators have cars?

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  9. Wow, when did they get married?

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    1. Good question! That strip is not available in the blog, only in the book.

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  10. Haha, I guess Mox said "I do" in at least 26 languages :D

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  11. my worst is not getting paid for the translation... and unfortunately it happens quite often :(((

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