itranslatethereforeitdepends
I translate, therefore it depends
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I have no idea what I'm doing here. But context is king. 
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Ambivalence (n.)
That feeling when you are excited that the ugly-ass banisters in your building’s stairwell have been painted, but you have a massive headache from the paint fumes that have permeated your entire apartment.
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Me when a fully paid, no match discount 1000-word project comes up 900+ CM and 25 no match...
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When you google a term in your source text, and the only google result is your source text. Yeah, I don’t think that’s what it’s commonly called.
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Same goes for Norwegian. 😫
When the Danish glossary is full of compound nouns with SPACES
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Accurate.
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(via theblessedone)
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Winnie the Pooh stars two kangaroos and a rabbit, yet the tiger is the one known for bouncing
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Procrastination is just like masturbation. It feels good at the time, but in the end you’re just fucking yourself.
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Oof…
In just a little over 4 years, “30 years ago” will mean the 90s.
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Or at the very least consistently applied incorrect ones?
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Sigh. Tag soup, you are the worst kind of soup. I hate you and the PM who sent me this mess equally. I hope you step on a Lego.
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Yes. Yes, I can.
Procrastinators can do 30 minutes of work in 8 hours, and 8 hours of work in 30 minutes.
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Ah, yiss. It's awesome.
When you can reuse the terminology from a previous job in the current one
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Accurate. Damn you, present self! Sincerely, future self.
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Working from home. <3
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When your OCR software suggest oh, yeah! when the source really says of Yemen. Steady, there, OmniPage, it’s not that exciting. translatorsanonymous
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NOOOOOOOOO! 3000 words - technical, horrible, difficult words - lost. Just gone. Poof!
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I did not watch six episodes of Elementary just now, when I should have been working. No, sirree… #procrastinatorsunite
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