Comments for GoLanguages.com http://golanguages.com Multilingual Translation and Proofreading Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by AndrĂ© Racicot http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-125 AndrĂ© Racicot Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:37:47 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-125 Heard in the elevator: "French translators are so bad that we even don't recognise the English in the translation." Heard in the elevator: “French translators are so bad that we even don’t recognise the English in the translation.”

]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by GoLanguages http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-122 GoLanguages Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:43:08 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-122 We've printed your comment up and posted it on the office wall! We’ve printed your comment up and posted it on the office wall!

]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by Victor Dewsbery http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-121 Victor Dewsbery Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:39:47 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-121 [sarcasm on] Of course I'll leave it to the last minute. After all, it's only WORDS, and everybody can SPEAK and READ, can't they? To make the translator feel better, I will then apologise and explain that I would have done it myself, but the dog's legs fell off and I had to make an emergency trip to the vet, so unfortunately and to my great regret I was unable to complete this truly INSIGNIFICANT TASK. [end of sarcasm] [sarcasm on] Of course I’ll leave it to the last minute. After all, it’s only WORDS, and everybody can SPEAK and READ, can’t they? To make the translator feel better, I will then apologise and explain that I would have done it myself, but the dog’s legs fell off and I had to make an emergency trip to the vet, so unfortunately and to my great regret I was unable to complete this truly INSIGNIFICANT TASK. [end of sarcasm]

]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by GoLanguages http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-120 GoLanguages Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:29:23 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-120 We have a job now where the client wants 90,000 words in a week! We have a job now where the client wants 90,000 words in a week!

]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by Polish translator http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-119 Polish translator Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:26:56 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-119 Leave it for last minute is the worst!!! Leave it for last minute is the worst!!!

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]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by GoLanguages http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-116 GoLanguages Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:57:30 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-116 Couldn't agree more ;-) Couldn’t agree more ;-)

]]> Comment on Golden Rules for Truly Terrible Translations by Richard Michie http://golanguages.com/golden-rules-for-truly-terrible-translations/729/#comment-115 Richard Michie Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:45:03 +0000 http://golanguages.com/?p=729#comment-115 If only clients read this before wandering off into the abyss and just using Google translation, we'd all be better off. Nice post. If only clients read this before wandering off into the abyss and just using Google translation, we’d all be better off.

Nice post.

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