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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X) 
Netherlands
Local time: 20:27
English to Dutch
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Last week, on holidays in England, I visited Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon. They had explanation cards available in several languages, so the guide gave my wife and me a Dutch version.
This was at the end of it:
Poor translator, did everything right, but this time the reviewer messed up...
Here's a translation of the footnote:... See more Last week, on holidays in England, I visited Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon. They had explanation cards available in several languages, so the guide gave my wife and me a Dutch version.
This was at the end of it:
Poor translator, did everything right, but this time the reviewer messed up...
Here's a translation of the footnote:
Note from the translator to the proofreader: The English text has "Museum Room", but on the signs in the house it says "Exhibition Room. Please remove this note after proofreading.
When I told the guide about this, he laughed out loud and told me they had been handing out this very text for many, many years, and noone up to then had ever said anything.
He was a good sport and let me keep the text (which visitors were supposed to hand back after visiting).
[Bijgewerkt op 2011-08-01 18:02 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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great story...
You have to wrap these two around your text in order to get a link... btw.
| | | | avsie (X)
Local time: 20:27
English to French
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| Was it even proofread? | Aug 1, 2011 |
I wonder if it wasn't just handed over to the client directly after translation? Since the client doesn't understand Dutch, he just printed the translation as is...
| | | | Mary Stefan
United States
Local time: 14:27
Italian to English
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The bonus and curse of being a translator , which nudged you into telling the guide.
Thanks for sharing!
Mary
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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 20:27
English to Dutch
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TOPIC STARTER | Occupational hazard | Aug 1, 2011 |
Mary Stefan wrote: The bonus and curse of being a translator , which nudged you into telling the guide. Thanks for sharing! Mary
Yes, in Dutch this is called 'professional deformation', you can't take things anymore at face value
| | | | Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 20:27
English to Dutch
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TOPIC STARTER | Very possible | Aug 1, 2011 |
Marie-Claude Falardeau wrote:
I wonder if it wasn't just handed over to the client directly after translation? Since the client doesn't understand Dutch, he just printed the translation as is...
You might just be right there...
| | | | Gerard de Noord
France
Local time: 20:27
Member (2003)
English to Dutch
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| In defense of the proofreader | Aug 2, 2011 |
The proofreader did remove the note - as the strikthrough and revision mark from TrackChanges show - but the wrong settings were used for printing.
LOL,
Gerard
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Seen scribbled on a sticker attached to a 16mm film can, where each film had its title:
UNIVERSAL FILM LEADER
The new film library clerk put it on the moviola and wrote down the very first thing she read there.
Seen online, live on a client's web page:
Wendy, pleeease remove all this crap here. I've tried maybe ten times, but all I managed to do was to add text, not delete it.
Doug
Fake names here, but 'Doug' was the CEO there, his picture and bio appearing on that very page.
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