Comments for Musings from an overworked translator

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by EP

EP — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:49:40 +0000

Oh, I don’t know. He sounded pretty legit to me. I’ll be getting together pretty soon with him and a couple Nigerian guys I met online last week. We’re going to be laundering some dirty money they have for me or something…

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by Amenel

Amenel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:28:18 +0000

Well, the English is… broken. And I’m not even a native.

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by No scams

No scams — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:35 +0000

” Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed…”

I don’t think anyone really ‘deserves’ to be scammed however naive they may be.

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by Leonardo

Leonardo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:13 +0000

Not to mention that, despite the name, the sender seems to struggle with English. I guess a broken home will do that to a native.

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by Karl Hansen

Karl Hansen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:01 +0000

The sad thing is that many people must be falling for these scams; otherwise the scammers would have stopped a long time ago and tried something else.

Comment on Anyone who falls for this deserves to be scammed… by Terena Bell

Terena Bell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:42:23 +0000

So funny. I received the exact same email 5me minutes ago.

Comment on Chicago Manual of Style proofreading question by Jill (@bonnjill)

Jill (@bonnjill) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:36:26 +0000

Thanks, Carin. I’m honored. (BTW, it’s “Musings” not “Rantings” – although I guess I do rant more than I muse…). I’ll be sure to check it out after tomorrow. I have way too many words to translate to do it today.

Comment on Chicago Manual of Style proofreading question by Carin Marais

Carin Marais — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:05 +0000

Hi,

I’ve nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award – http://hersenskim.blogspot.com/2012/02/versatile-blogger-award.html

Comment on LinkedIn has changed its privacy conditions by camden luxford

camden luxford — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:31:49 +0000

Well, sure. But privacy changes should be more publicized by the social network itself, and should be opt-in not opt-out. Some responsibility needs to lie with LinkedIN to keep us informed. Then everyone can manage their own limitations. Sure, everything I put on LinkedIN is public, and visible: but people get to me by a specific search, and people searching for that stuff are people I want to find me.

I’m not sure I want my face blasted across the wider Internet indiscriminately in a form that may or may not benefit my brand, without being asked explicit permission.

Comment on Chicago Manual of Style proofreading question by EP

EP — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:10 +0000

That Chicago Manual of Style is a real killer. A real institution, I know, but too much of one, perhaps. Don’t get me wrong or anything, but I’m using mine as a door stop at the moment. <;-)