Off topic: I could've retired with this one job....
Thread poster: Dylan J Hartmann
Dylan J Hartmann
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Mar 11, 2016

Spilt my coffee when I saw this job posting this morning..... too bad it was already claimed!



 
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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Tolerance Mar 11, 2016

Cyberspace has a number of mistakes. Human judgment is required. We need not totally depend on electronics.
They also maintain a number of jokes as well.

Soonthon L.


 
Dylan J Hartmann
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The hint is in the WC and rate Mar 11, 2016

If only we could charge $800 per word!

 
John Fossey
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$100,000 per word Mar 11, 2016

Here's a company with 72 freelance linguists around the world that charges $100,000 for one word.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-art-of-creating-brand-names/
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/famous-names


 
Balasubramaniam L.
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Aside Mar 11, 2016

Reminds me of an anecdote about George Bernard Shaw. In an interview he claimed that he has earned one pound for every word he has written in his life. A reader of the interview sent him a money order for one pound and requested him to write back a word in return.

Can you guess what word old Bernard wrote him back?

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The word "Thanks"!!!!

But, if the reader had preserved the letter containing this one word, it wo
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Reminds me of an anecdote about George Bernard Shaw. In an interview he claimed that he has earned one pound for every word he has written in his life. A reader of the interview sent him a money order for one pound and requested him to write back a word in return.

Can you guess what word old Bernard wrote him back?

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The word "Thanks"!!!!

But, if the reader had preserved the letter containing this one word, it would now have fetched him several million pounds from art collectors!
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Tom in London
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next time Mar 11, 2016

DJHartmann wrote:

If only we could charge $800 per word!


Next time an agency asks me to proofread/correct a translation, I'm going to tell them I charge $800 per hour for proofreading.


 
Dani Karuniawan
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LoL Mar 12, 2016

DJHartmann wrote:

Spilt my coffee when I saw this job posting this morning..... too bad it was already claimed!



LoL


 
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
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Well? Mar 12, 2016

Don't leave us hanging! Which Pacific island did you retire to after that wonderful job?

 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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"Thanks" for quoting it! Mar 12, 2016

Balasubramaniam L. wrote:
Can you guess what word old Bernard wrote him back?
The word "Thanks"!!!!

Hilarious! I did not know of that story. Thanks for sharing it!


 
Dylan J Hartmann
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Already in paradise Mar 13, 2016

TransAfrique wrote:

Don't leave us hanging! Which Pacific island did you retire to after that wonderful job?


I'm already in paradise, visiting Thailand

(P.S. I didn't get to claim the job, which no doubt contained a mistake by the PM)


 
Thayenga
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A good example Mar 13, 2016

Next time someone offers you USD 0.05/word just send this one to them, asking them to adjust their rate "just a little".

 


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