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Off topic: '5000 words' - Funny song about our work by Sharon Neeman Thread poster: María Luisa Feely
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Kurt Hammond 
United States
Local time: 03:34
Japanese to English
I loved the rhymes... but she should have known better when they said they would pay by Friday...
[Edited at 2009-04-01 13:42 GMT]
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Karen Friedman
United States
Local time: 06:34
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
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| How little appreciated we are! | Apr 1, 2009 |
This is so funny (and tragic! ) because it indicates how little the outside world understands what we translators have to go through to deliver on time for our clients. Bravo, Sharon! (And may you soon collect WITH late fees!)
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malaudes
Argentina
Local time: 08:34
English to Spanish
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And so true of many clients! Yeah, you try TYPING 5000 words by tomorrow!
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| ...and she said "you know we will" | Apr 1, 2009 |
Yeah, ahem!
Thanks for this song!
Anne
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Mervyn Henderson (X)
Spain
Local time: 12:34
Spanish to English
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| Wonderful stuff! | Apr 1, 2009 |
So true to life.
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| Witty food for thought | Apr 1, 2009 |
Thanks for sharing, Eileen, and thank you, Sharon, for your entertaining and insightful song!
Ain't it the truth: the client thinks we're photocopying machines, they play to our egos ["no one but you can do it!"], we respond by saying 'yes' when we should say 'no' or 'for an extra 50%'...
Thanks again!!!
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Simply wonderful!
Am doing 15 000 thousand words for tomorrow right now. And this song is such a consolation! I know I am not alone now
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| shes a poet - and we know it! | Apr 1, 2009 |
Very 'well verse'd' contribution, so to speak
[Bearbeitet am 2009-04-01 17:25 GMT]
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Anna Katikhina
United States
Local time: 04:34
English to Russian
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That's so much like some of my clients!
Thanks, Sharon!
P.S. I wish I could have the lyrics...
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 12:34
Spanish to English
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| Hey, who was the other colleague | Apr 1, 2009 |
Jenny Forbes wrote:
Hilarious, so apt ... but heartbreaking.
... who gave Assertiveness Training? 
(But keep singing, Sharon!)
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Sue Stewart-Anderson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:34
Dutch to English
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| Thanks for the link | Apr 1, 2009 |
Enjoyed the song and sentiments. Thankfully I've not had the experience to the same degree but I could totally empathise.
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Excellent job, it is all true.
Thank you very much!
Maria Luisa
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ChrisGT
Canada
Local time: 06:34
Member (2008)
English to French
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Ain't it the truth!!! LMAO!
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