Today, I was once again handed a document to translate, along with the comment, "Good luck, it doesn't make sense to begin with." If my translation doesn't, though, I won't get paid. 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, 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 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
Today, I'm not getting paid 400$ per month because I failed my Russian language proficiency test. Russian is my first language. FML
Today, I had to reply to my boss's comments to a 50+ page document. Every second comment could be answered by, "See the sentence above/below" because apparently someone has problems with his short term memory. FML
Today, I went for a job briefing, and after that was told to do some editing for them. When I asked the person whether I was paid for the day, she laughed and said no. She was serious. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, my boss signed and sent me back my timesheet. He named the PDF file "Timeshit". Now I don't know whether he's terrible at spelling, or just expressed his view of my job. FML
Today, I began taking a French language class. After completing and submitting some homework, I got a response. A response that was completely in French. I can't understand shit. FML
Today, I'm jobless and picked up transcription work online. I typed furiously all day. I have made a grand total of $2.06. 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
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olpally 33
Well, ****... Good luck then op! Lol.
sparklyshiny 11
Fake it, if it makes sense according to the situation, you may be able to pull it off
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Comments (65)
RedPillSucks 33
Do people know that you can't translate an entire document with google translate? I'm hoping those suggestions are all JK....
lilacgold 16
It's true that you can't directly translate a whole document using Google Translate, but it can be very helpful. I produced a translation for a 300 page technical textbook on a subject I barely know, and I couldn't have done it without Google. And my work was considered good enough to publish and sell...
Epikouros 32
Oh God, I hope it wasn't medical technology!
sadistmonkey 19
It really depends on the language pair. French/English? Good enough to get the gist of what's going on. Japanese/English? Gibberish.
Cynical_1 26
Perhaps you can contact the individual that wrote the document and ask them to help you clarify it? Hope that's helpful.
graceinsheepwear 34
If OP is a contractor, which it sounds like, it would be a breach to contact the author directly.
JessicaZado 11
Just make up a bizarre story and maybe they will believe it!
Likian5 26
For a second, I thought you were making some sort of Taken reference.
ravenevercross 19
BS your way to victory....
worldclassrager 41
Just translate it and make it make sense afterwords.::
perdix 31
If you really can't make sense of his, just write down the lyrics of "99 Luftballoons." That'll work!
imyy 20
Sounds to me like someone is ******* with you - "let's write gibberish to screw with the translator!" FYL.
ShakeDisPlace 10
yeah sounds like a loose - loose situation OP, **** it.
FlyingLeumer 19
*lose
lymyabean 15
You could just make up a story about magical unicorns defeating gremlins and all will end well.