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Foreigners telling me how to write English
Thread poster: philgoddard
finnword1
finnword1
United States
Local time: 16:09
English to Finnish
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I am a foreigner Sep 5, 2023

... and my American boss used to ask for my help with English.

Diana Obermeyer
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 21:09
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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Don’t Hertz Me Sep 6, 2023

Perhaps those of you who grew up with the music of the 90s know this very popular song and the pun:

"Watt is love? Baby don’t Hertz me, don’t Hertz me, no Morse."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I

To honour the German physicist Heinrich Hertz, since I don't know his language

Lieven Malaise
Melina Kajander
Diana Obermeyer
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 22:09
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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Endless cost reduction Sep 8, 2023

Some agencies want to review their translators' work, but don't want to pay for it. So they do it themselves in-house. It actually all starts there.

Hence the ridiculous situation, in my case, in which French-speaking people (from France) that don't know a single word of Dutch after a delivery sometimes send me a list with utterly ridiculous questions showing they don't understand the first thing of my language. I reply politely and patiently, but I'm happy they can't see my face wh... See more
Some agencies want to review their translators' work, but don't want to pay for it. So they do it themselves in-house. It actually all starts there.

Hence the ridiculous situation, in my case, in which French-speaking people (from France) that don't know a single word of Dutch after a delivery sometimes send me a list with utterly ridiculous questions showing they don't understand the first thing of my language. I reply politely and patiently, but I'm happy they can't see my face while I'm answering. ▲ Collapse


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