cleo said...

cleo at 03:50 PM JST - 21st July

Khadr is presumed innocent of any criminal charges unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at a military commission (Press release by the USDOD, 1st Dec 2005)

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=9123

Blue Tiger - Shooting/throwing grenades at the people attacking you in a war isn't murder, it's what happens in a war. As…

Posted in Canadian teenager cries in Gitmo interrogation video at 03:50 PM JST - 21st July
cleo at 02:38 PM JST - 21st July

Funny though isn't it Cleo, since the Iraq war started not a single terrorist attack has occured on American soil ! Still don't see the connection ???

Hilarious. I see the terrorist attacks that have occurred on the soil of American allies concern you not one little bit. Just so…

Posted in Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts at 02:38 PM JST - 21st July
cleo at 11:30 AM JST - 21st July

Of course it's Chewy, Sarge. Don't listen to them.

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cleo at 11:29 AM JST - 21st July

Yeh 2,974 people from 90 different nations and a kindergarten is rarely discussed these days !

There's no reason to discuss it on a thread about Iraq, since the 9/11 terrorists included not a single Iraqi.

If ItoYokado sold you a rotten apple, would you feel justified in blowing up…

Posted in Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts at 11:29 AM JST - 21st July
cleo at 11:23 AM JST - 21st July

cat -

Perhaps for people with the expertise and the inclination to spend their time 4-wheel-driving around undeveloped countries, it might be more interesting. Personally, I'm not interested in that, neither am I qualified to dig wells or train engineers, to give kids inoculations or run credit schemes.

The engineers,…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 11:23 AM JST - 21st July
cleo at 05:50 PM JST - 20th July

It isn't simply a choice between high literary novels and boring geeky tech stuff (which I wouldn't understand anyway and so would never be asked to translate...twice)

How about plans for drilling wells in Africa, so that people can have access to plentiful, clean drinking water for the first time…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 05:50 PM JST - 20th July
cleo at 12:10 PM JST - 20th July

Home-grown veggies & herbs, no meat, cloth shopping bags, turning unnecessary lights etc off, using the bath water to wash clothes, using the fish-tank water to water the garden (and veggies), separate rubbish & recycle, cycling or walking instead of using the car whenever possible, using a dishwasher instead of…

Posted in What do you do in your day-to-day life to conserve energy and protect the environment? at 12:10 PM JST - 20th July
cleo at 11:57 AM JST - 20th July

cat -

Obviously, the ultimate creativity lies in authoring the original document (though some documents turn up that give the lie to that...) Probably many happy and successful translators, including me, would have been writers in their own right in a parallel universe. But in this one it was not…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 11:57 AM JST - 20th July
cleo at 12:09 AM JST - 20th July

orange = 橙色 (daidai-iro)

cat -

I don't suppose it would do for everyone to find satisfaction in the same job. That way we'd have six billion English teachers and not a single translator. Or vice versa.

I don't think there's any merely about converting a document created by someone…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 12:09 AM JST - 20th July
cleo at 10:47 PM JST - 19th July

nandakanda - I meant a fraction of the time it takes to earn the same amount teaching English. Personally I find the longer translations more interesting - they give you something to get your teeth into - and more rewarding - once you get into the flow you can work…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 10:47 PM JST - 19th July