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Thread poster: Laurent Di Raimondo
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
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Are you sure? Mar 22, 2023

Baran Keki wrote:

Culturally we're lagging at least 50 to 100 years behind the affluent West, so please do forgive our crude manners.


[Edited at 2023-03-22 18:19 GMT]


https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/03/17/oh-just-list-10-amazing-things-came-turkey

They forgot to add Tarkan to that list!

Angie Garbarino
Baran Keki
 
Christopher Schröder
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So... Mar 23, 2023

Baran Keki wrote:
Thank you for your comprehensive reply, it all makes sense now. I was apparently misinformed by your colleagues who were 'complaining among themselves'.
Unfortunately, I was born, raised and live in a third world country where the concept of 'political correctness' is non-existent. We don't have PC or wokeness here. Culturally we're lagging at least 50 to 100 years behind the affluent West, so please do forgive our crude manners. But thanks to the internet, we're learning. Watching a TV series on Netflix the other day, I learned that the Vikings had black female warrior chiefs that led them back in the dark ages... Who knew!


[Edited at 2023-03-22 18:19 GMT]

Shall we just call you Borat from now on?

P.L.F. Persio
 
Matthias Brombach
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From and into Martian Mar 25, 2023

Baran Keki wrote:

Just saw this today, the rates wouldn't change even if you translated into or from Martian...


In that combination there is not too much to translate, believe me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStPNqex3uA

Therefore their low price may be justified.

Baran Keki
 
Sadek_A
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... Mar 25, 2023

Vladimir Pochinov wrote:

Sadek_A wrote:
There is clearly a vibe of fires burning inside, and among, many translators here recently in face of abuse by companies/clients, only to be "peed-on out" with a lame "it helps to turn the other cheek".


Perhaps, the best approach is "to turn the other cheek" and then sue for both cases?

To avoid any misunderstanding, this option comes from a joke I've come across recently.

What if they go for a third one or more?
 
Matthias Brombach
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No Mar 26, 2023

Ice Scream wrote:
Shall we just call you Borat from now on?


No and you better delete that post.

Baran Keki
 
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