Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML
Today, I noticed I spend most of my day translating French, German, and other languages for my boss, as he talks to people overseas. As his assistant I make crap money. If I were promoted to a Translator I’d make a lot more. He won’t promote me. In fact he threatened to fire me if I asked again. FML
Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML
Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML
Today, my boss brought his son in as our new manager. This kid has zero experience in our industry and yet waltzed into a £75,000 job where his sole responsibility is telling me how to do a skilled job I started before he was born. Plus half the stuff he tries to tell me is incorrect. Cretin. FML
Today, my boss asked me to read through a document. I gave my feedback, saying it seemed like it had been written by an 8-year-old. Turns out it was in fact written by him. FML
Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML
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hghrider123456 9
bad time gonna have he translate
hghrider123456 9
bad time have sarcasm with you
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Comments (124)
Norvi 26
As a fellow translator I feel OP's pain. It doesn't matter what you say to your boss, if he doesn't know the language he won't be able to figure out how poor his son's skills are. I hope your clients complain soon!
sandra199 6
Google Translate sucks anyway, the boss will probably realise you're way better than his son soon
percabethOTP 6
And do that in front of your boss
Lizzy500 16
That'll only work if the boss speaks Spanish too
abeg157 14
Maybe you should just drag him in their and accuse him of it in front of your boss in Spanish.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Get a new job and let them fall on their own sword. Translation is a valuable skill so you can get another job.
Omniprism 15
He'll be calling you back after the young guy has ruined several things with his "translating".
rita91 5
Should of snapped a picture
Miaku 11
Take a photo of it next time
mimi809o 21
I suggest if you ever walked in on him doing that again, take a picture of it and show it to your boss. He would have to believe you then.
Bradley_Dillon 39
The boss's son would just make up some bullshit excuse, though.