Technical translators get to read an awful lot of really bad writing, to the extent that we tend to enjoy good writing, even if the content isn’t particularly great: an annual report skilfully made rather than cobbled together out of clichés in order to mislead shareholders, a mission statement which is not a copy of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'humour'
Neal Stephenson
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Geekish · humour · Literature · Writing
Grammar Nazi in the Workplace
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
Or at least some of the funniest. It is an extremely foul-mouthed selection, you have been warned, but my own favourites lean in the other direction. How can you beat this exchange from Casablanca? Peter Laurie – You despise me, doncha? Humphrey Bogart – Well, if I gave you any thought, I probably would.
English is the Latin of Today
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments
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Mediaeval Helpdesk
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Geekish · humour · Language
I Can Do That
August 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: humour · Language · Translating