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tranfree issue 40 - 18 September 2001

"Translation Memory & Payment Poll Results"

 

Welcome to issue 40 of tranfree - the newsletter for translators.

I was shocked and horrified by the terrorist acts against the US last week. So much so that I was unable to focus on work for the whole week. No motivation, no inclination. Making money seems so unimportant at a time like this.

It's a stark reminder that what is built by mankind can easily be destroyed. Pure evil!

If it's affected me in this way, how much worse for those close by, those who lost a loved one and all the others who will be directly affected by the consequences of this violence? Nothing I write about this can make much difference, so I'm going to borrow words from one greater than I...

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

Matthew 5:4

If you still have all your loved ones, hug them more, appreciate them more and enjoy them more. Not many people on their deathbed say 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office'.

However, we've all still got to eat and we can't let the terrorists cause a global recession by all stopping producing. So, hard as it is, we must try to resume normal activities as soon as possible. I'm finding it hard, but it must be done.

Enjoy and benefit from tranfree

Alex

Alex Eames
tranfree editor, Author -
How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator

 

 

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Star Letter

    From: "Ramsden, Joanna" <j.ramsden@--------.ac.uk>
    To: <enquiries@translatortips.com>
    Subject: Re ebook from JoJo Ramsden
    Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:43:06 +0100

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    This tranfree's Feature Articles...

  1. Translation Memory News - Alex Eames
  2. Payment Poll Results - Alex Eames

 

 

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I am keen to get as many of you as possible who have your own web sites to put a tranfree signup box on your web site.

To encourage you all to do this we are holding a monthly prize draw for everyone who does. This is in addition to the linkers free prize draw. So you can double your chances of winning if you do both

Each month, all those people who have put a tranfree signup box on their own website (and let me know about it) will go into a ballot and the winner gets a FREE translatortips® product of their choice from the following...

This edition's winner is Marcelo Doyhamboure - please contact me within the next 3 months to claim your prize from the above selection.

If you wish to put a tranfree signup box on your site you can find instructions at the bottom of this edition.

 

 

Translation Joke

Last in the series of Hong Kong Film Subtitles

Contributed by Lynne O'Connor

  • Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected.

  • The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?

  • How can you use my intestines as a gift?

  • Greetings, large black person. Let us not forget to form a team up together and go into the country to inflict the pain of our karate feats on some but of the giant lizard person.

  • You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.

 

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