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tranfree issue 48 - 21 May 2002

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Welcome to issue 46 of tranfree - the free ezine for translators.

Egypt

We got back from Egypt OK. Dahab was nice, just like they said in the brochures, but they forgot to mention the wind

Apparently it's one of the best places to go wind-surfing in Egypt. But it was a bit too windy to be fully relaxing on the beach. The 28 °C temperature was nice though.

The diving was good. I'll put some pictures on the web in time for the next edition of tranfree.

Enjoy and benefit from tranfree

Alex

Alex Eames
tranfree editor, Author -
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Translation Joke

Contributed by Kathleen A. Bucher

Amazing what can get lost in translation!

A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the abbot to ask him about this. He points out that if there were an error in the first copy from the original, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.

The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscript is held in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for centuries.

Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall. He's all bloody and crying uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"

With a choking voice, the old abbot replies,

"The word is 'celebrate'."

 

***End of issue 48***