Categories: translation
Date: 24 November 2009 18:42:14
Over the years, my gentle readers have endured my occasional rants about ridiculous deadlines, lack of information about the product I'm supposed to be selling in my translations and other general irritations and stupidities.
The other day I had this email exchange (adapted for this current audience - with free translation thrown in ;-) ) with one of my more helpful clients:
Client: Would you be interested in translating this website?
Kerensa: Yes, I would. It looks like my kind of text.
Client: Great. We've got some reference material in English you might find helpful.
Kerensa: Lovely. Reference material is always good - particularly if the end-client has particular preferred terminology.
Client: Unfortunately, though, the website is only available in German.
Kerensa: [slightly bewildered] No probs. [That's because it hasn't yet been translated ..um... by me....]