Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I only wish I could do the same, but it would make me very unpopular with my agencies and clients. :-) The efforts of some German businesses that try very hard to get things right on their own without a qualified translator can often be particularly frustrating, but are frequently rather amusing (the people who do it are generally responsible for the translation of user manuals and instructions ;-) ). A prime example of this was a German translation agency that wrote the following advertising blurb on their website: /"We can dispose of up to 50 translators at any time."/ * * I think they meant they have up to 50 translators at their disposal at any time ;-) - but you never know. Translation is a dangerous business. Cheers Douglas On 12.03.2010 23:21, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Maybe so. But I can tell you that when I receive a job application, or a > letter from some company trying to sell me something, with grammar or > spelling errors, then the letter (or e-mail, as the case may be) go > straight to the trash. If someone is too sloppy to proofread their stuff > before sending it to me, than I am certainly not wasting my time reacting > to it. > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > >>> I have heard this "bourgeois preoccupation" anecdote before. >>> >>> Yes, of course language evolves, and English probably more than most, >>> but that >>> does not mean that there are no rules. People who claim that are simply >>> too >>> lazy to learn and apply them. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >> >> There's grammar and there's etiquette and about the most rude thing you >> can >> do is correct someone's etiquette . The second is correcting their >> grammar. >> And the most ridiculous is correcting their spelling. >> >> >> >> [Rabs] >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >