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Sep 13, 2013

Say what?

I subscribe to the excellent The Toolbox Newsletter by Jost Zetzsche, and this month's edition includes a link to this excellent little item on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYL5sUwr2Q


Enjoy!

 
ATIL KAYHAN
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Greedy? Sep 13, 2013

I do not quite agree with the "greedy" comment there. Otherwise, it is fun.
 
Alex Lago
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Already posted in Proz Sep 13, 2013

This was already posted in Proz on Sep 3rd

http://www.proz.com/forum/fun_with_language/255521-translators_are_a_waste_of_space.html#2192354
 
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A good thing is worth repeating :) Sep 13, 2013

Hi Alex

Ooops - one of the forums I don't subscribe to... Thanks for pointing this out.

Gitte
 
neilmac
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Top-down versus bottom-up Sep 13, 2013

ATIL KAYHAN wrote:

I do not quite agree with the "greedy" comment there. Otherwise, it is fun.


The point is that when the text gets to the end, it turns back on itself and all the negativity of the "top-down" reading is reversed. Thus, the rather negative phrase "translators are motivated by greed" becomes the more positive exhortation "let's beat greed" when read bottom-up, if you see what I mean.

It had me going too the first time I watched it.

PS: I also agree that the post is worth repeating, and even my non-translator friends are impressed and amused by it.

[Edited at 2013-09-13 15:32 GMT]
 


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