Hi Pln! Thank you for the explanations.
> Hey,Pablo! > Did you mean you won by a 3-second margin? Not at all, on the contrary, I was the last one, the last but one (the penultimate, the second to last) arrive 3 seconds ahead from me ;) > After reading your last message,I have a story to share,as well. > I used to translate movies at home with the help of some dated > paperback dictionary,too over 2 decades ago...and so as other > translators who sat at their desk 8 hours a day in the office > translating movies without watching the films on the VCR. > > Once I was sitting at the cinema laughing hysterically while seeing a > subtitle appeared on the screen: > "Let's make a toast!" > The translator translated it directly to Chinese as making a toast for > breakfast instead of drinking to (the health of)/saluting to > someone!!! > I burst out laughing so hard that everyone around turned to look at > me.Apparently they didn't get me or the mistake of the > translation...LOL Nice story, thank you:) Pablo > > Wonderful Wednesday,everyone!!! > Warm welcome back,Andre!Sorry for such an embarrassing mistake!!!No > hard feelings?!;) > Pln > > On Jan 13, 2:21 am, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HI friends, > > > > My felt English started to take off the day I made the decision of > > > learn English! Although it was an optional thing, I felt I need it for > > > my job! > > > I wanted to add, that day, I was translating a D.O.S. Reference Manual > > page into Spanish, as fas as I remember. I think it took me some two > > hours to finish the translation, no Internet, no digital assistants, > > just using a paper dictionary. I started from scratch. My English was > > nearly zero. Aftewards, I felt a 'minor headache' but I felt myself > > relieved. I had given the first step. And 'the first step is the > > hardest', isn't it? > > > Thank you, > > > Pablo > > > > Thank you :) > > > > Pablo > > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Warm regards, > > > > Claire- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
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