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Alejandro Moreno-Ramos
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May 1, 2009

Dear colleagues,

I would like to share with you my new comic strip. It tells the misadventures of a young translator called Mox. Two PhDs, six languages... and he hardly earns the minimum wage.

Almost all "adventures" are based on mistakes I made over the last decade. The result is a strip full of clichés. However, I hope you will enjoy it.

You may fi
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Dear colleagues,

I would like to share with you my new comic strip. It tells the misadventures of a young translator called Mox. Two PhDs, six languages... and he hardly earns the minimum wage.

Almost all "adventures" are based on mistakes I made over the last decade. The result is a strip full of clichés. However, I hope you will enjoy it.

You may find the strip at:

http://mox.ingenierotraductor.com

Constructive criticism is welcome!




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PRAKASH SHARMA
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Gone through with some and they are really good! May 1, 2009

Nice, Keep it up!

PS


 
Marianna Tucci
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very very nice May 1, 2009

I like it

 
Niraja Nanjundan (X)
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German to English
Very original May 1, 2009

Congrats - the most original translator blog I've seen so far!

All the best to Mox and to you


 
theda
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Great ! May 1, 2009

Very funny, I especially loved the "Free Time" one.
I showed it to my roommate and now she understands it is not just me being weird but it is part of being a translator!


 
Carla Guerreiro
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Love it!!! May 1, 2009

Very, very funny!!!

May I show it to my friends?


 
Susan Geiblinger
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Thoroughly enjoyed it. May 1, 2009

Thanks

 
Daniela Koleva
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Netherlands
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Fresh and entertaining!!! May 1, 2009

These strips are so funny and so true...

I see myself on some of them

Great idea!

And looking forward to Mox's new adventures


 
Alejandro Moreno-Ramos
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Spain
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Thank you! May 1, 2009

Thank you everybody for your nice words. I'm very pleased to learn that many of you enjoy the strip.

There will be more (mis)adventures soon: Will Mox learn how to raise his rates? Does he use CAT tools? Will he create a blog?


 
Valérie Catanzaro
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France
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Added to my favorites! May 1, 2009

I really like it too!

 
Lingua 5B
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Nice job May 1, 2009

I see it as the illustrative satire of modern translator's freelancing life. I think everyone on here can relate to these.

Are you the author of both the text and the drawings?


 
Sonja Köppen
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Germany
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Great, thanks! May 1, 2009

> Will Mox learn how to raise his rates? Does he use CAT tools? Will he create a blog?
Will Mox mutate due to never leaving the screen (let alone the house)? Big head and bottom, three arms / thirty fingers, no legs?


 
Henry Dotterer
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I like it May 1, 2009

Nice! I'll cover it in the next newsletter if you want...

 
NancyLynn
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very funny! May 1, 2009

Thank you for this comical comic.





Nancy


 
Alejandro Moreno-Ramos
Alejandro Moreno-Ramos  Identity Verified
Spain
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French to Spanish
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¡Gracias a todos! May 1, 2009

Sonja, nice plot for future strips...

Lingua 5B, I'm the author of both the text and the drawings. However, the characters are so fat that they require quite a lot of ink and time to draw, I wonder if I could outsource that task

Henry, thanks a lot for your offer. I like the idea


 
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