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Work for the glory
Thread poster: Pierre FONTANA
Pierre FONTANA
Pierre FONTANA
Local time: 17:08
German to French
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Dec 15, 2004

An agency wrote in a job annoucment :

"This is for a museum that's run by volunteers and I'd like to offer them the best possible services at a... well, considerably less than commercial rate.

So let's be absolutely clear about this: take on this project ONLY if you have affinity with the subject matter and if you like to help out some people who are spending their spare time to preserve a bit of our past. Check out the web site (test, still partly in Dutch) by clicking... See more
An agency wrote in a job annoucment :

"This is for a museum that's run by volunteers and I'd like to offer them the best possible services at a... well, considerably less than commercial rate.

So let's be absolutely clear about this: take on this project ONLY if you have affinity with the subject matter and if you like to help out some people who are spending their spare time to preserve a bit of our past. Check out the web site (test, still partly in Dutch) by clicking the link."

I hope this agency won't take any margin and work like the translator only for passion. ▲ Collapse
 


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