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Jeff Whittaker 
United States
Local time: 04:50
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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I saw this question and response in the sci.lang.translation newsgroup:
XXXXX wrote:
> I am looking for a job as translator. I am at university at the
> moment. The languages I know are German, Italian and English.
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> XXXXX
I know all the letters, I am looking for a job as a writer.
I can walk, I am looking for a job as an Olympic sprinter.
I can carve a chicken, I am looking for a job as a neurosurgeon.
Bye
... See more I saw this question and response in the sci.lang.translation newsgroup:
XXXXX wrote:
> I am looking for a job as translator. I am at university at the
> moment. The languages I know are German, Italian and English.
>
> XXXXX
I know all the letters, I am looking for a job as a writer.
I can walk, I am looking for a job as an Olympic sprinter.
I can carve a chicken, I am looking for a job as a neurosurgeon.
Bye
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| | | | NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 04:50
Member (2002)
French to English
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Moderator of this forum | Hey, it's something while you wait for your real job to come through... | Oct 30, 2005 |
Someone very close to me, who therefore really should know better as he helped pay my university tuition, on learning that his favourite waitress at the local tavern was being laid off, suggested she speak to me; after all, I make a very good living (and I suppose I'm no more qualified than she is): she's bilingual!
ARgh....
But she never contacted me.
I ran into her at the grocery story the other day and she... See more Someone very close to me, who therefore really should know better as he helped pay my university tuition, on learning that his favourite waitress at the local tavern was being laid off, suggested she speak to me; after all, I make a very good living (and I suppose I'm no more qualified than she is): she's bilingual!
ARgh....
But she never contacted me.
I ran into her at the grocery story the other day and she told me she had put an ad in the paper to start her own housecleaning business.
Hey, if that doesn't work out, maybe she'll get in touch with me for an interpreting job
Nancy
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| | | | Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
French to English
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| Hey Jeff, what about comic? | Oct 30, 2005 |
And Jeff..most importantly, you are Funny...one major qualification needed to be a translator...:) That is not a joke.
| | | | #41698 (LSF)
Malaysia
Local time: 16:50
Japanese to English
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Surgeons start practising by dissecting mice in school.
Pilots begin their formal course by role-playing at video machines they call simulators.
Cops hone their skills by firing away at dummy targets.
Professors had their start by attending nursery schools.
Professional soldiers go for refresher courses at military schools by playing war games on video screens.
And not to be left out, translators trace their roots to the chants of A for Apple.
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