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Javier Herrera
Spain
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"¿Es aquí donde traducen textos de aeronáutica del coreano al húngaro de la noche a la mañana a un euro por cada mil palabras?"
"If, if. Between."
| | | | Harry Hermawan
Indonesia
Local time: 14:38
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English to Indonesian
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Aurora Humarán wrote:
If the translator is a man, HE translates.
If the translator is a woman, SHE translates.
If the translator is a computer, IT translates.
If the translator is either a man or a woman, S/HE translates.
Whether the translator is a man, a woman or a computer, S/H/IT
translates.
Sergio Viaggio |
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[Edited at 2005-12-19 08:01]
| | | | outtowner
English to Chinese
| | Thanks, Aurora | Jul 16, 2008 |
found your post while searching the Internet
liked them very much, esp the top ten list,
copied 3 to a web forum, where a few friends chatting about learning English
hope you don't mind (quoting without permission)
registered today, just to reply in your post and say my thanks
[Edited at 2008-07-16 18:32]
| | | | Jessica Noyes 
United States
Local time: 02:38
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Spanish to English
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| | Interpreting cartoon from the New Yorker | Aug 9, 2008 |
A cat is sitting on the throne, and two dogs, an envoy and his interpreter, are standing before him. The interpreter dog is whispering to the envoy dog, "You'll have to rephrase that. Their language doesn't have a word for 'fetch'".
| | | | Alexandra Goldburt
United States
Local time: 23:38
English to Russian
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| | An interpreting joke | Sep 28, 2008 |
The interpreter at a conference: "Our Japanese guest just told a joke which is absolutely untranslatable, but I think it will please him if you laugh".
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