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Ben
23rd June 2006, 10:12 AM
Today started with a translation on library information systems full of phrases like this:

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:computer2:

...and now I have to go to the dentist :eek:

let's hope things improve after lunch :cool:
Riojana
23rd June 2006, 10:30 AM
I think I would rather go to the dentist than translate that.
Marbella
23rd June 2006, 10:41 AM
Imagine a Spaniard having to translate [and make sense of] a text from a House of Commons debate, particularly one involving John Prescott. He makes George Bush seem articulate.

This directly from Hansard, 21 June:

Mr. Bone: The Minister for Europe is being evicted from Admiralty house. Why is not the Deputy Prime Minister joining him?
The Deputy Prime Minister: That is a choice that has presumably been made by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Europe. I will be staying in that house. It goes with the job that I am doing, and I think that it is effective—[Hon. Members: “What job?”] I would make the point to the hon. Gentleman that the Admiralty hires out rooms in Admiralty house for 200-odd events a year, both public and private. I am aware that none has been hired out to any modelling agencies. I understand that, as the hon. Gentleman looks like the England manager, Sven, he worked for a modelling agency. But I believe that he did not get any bookings. Perhaps after last night’s result, he will get a few more. We congratulate the England team.


Eh?
Alan
23rd June 2006, 10:46 AM
Wow. That is shocking.
Brian
23rd June 2006, 01:31 PM
Ow. My head hurts. Now back to my 3rd-grade Spanish readers. ;D

George Bush IS articulate, if you're a Texan.
ValenciaSon
23rd June 2006, 06:14 PM
So Ben, what else do you do for fun?:rolleyes:
Ben
23rd June 2006, 07:49 PM
Oh, painful dentistry and brain-wrenching translations are only a tiny part of my masochistic repetoire!
gary
24th June 2006, 06:53 PM
Oh, painful dentistry and brain-wrenching translations are only a tiny part of my masochistic repetoire!

I like to bang my head against the wall - its feels so good when you stop!!!
greytop
25th June 2006, 09:53 AM
I like to bang my head against the wall - its feels so good when you stop!!!
I used to do that but it made me feel a bigger failure every time I missed
Polly
26th June 2006, 04:29 AM
Ow. My head hurts. Now back to my 3rd-grade Spanish readers. ;D

George Bush IS articulate, if you're a Texan.

May I qualify that further?

George Bush IS articulate, if you're an East Texan. In a coma. :D