Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Happy Birthday, Tom

Jefferson
Today is the birthday of Thomas Jefferson.

Surely - surely - no more need be said.

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At 4:12 PM, April 13, 2011 Blogger Barry Leiba had this to say...

Thomas who?

I'm reading a Texas school history book and [flip, flip, flip] I can't seem to find him in there [flip, flip].

 
At 11:10 PM, April 13, 2011 Anonymous Kathie had this to say...

Well, if all else fails, there's always Tommy Jefferson, of "Harry's Law" fame.

 
At 5:12 PM, April 14, 2011 Blogger The Ridger, FCD had this to say...

Well, of course it's Tommy Jefferson from "Harry's Law"! Sheesh. Who else?

 
At 7:13 PM, April 14, 2011 Anonymous Kathie had this to say...

Did you catch Wednesday's "Jeopardy!" where one of the challengers described her job as "Localization editor"? Turns out she smoothes rough English translations of Japanese into native-sounding English. The weird part was that apparently she's just begun taking Japanese classes herself.

 
At 7:19 PM, April 14, 2011 Blogger The Ridger, FCD had this to say...

I did. Guess she relies on the accuracy of the translation she's working from - which could be dangerous.

 
At 8:55 PM, April 14, 2011 Anonymous Kathie had this to say...

No kidding, Ridger. Heck, there are times I can't even rely on the accuracy of my OWN initial draft translations! In such cases I check with native-Lusophone friends and colleagues, who are more than willing to save me from myself ;-)))

 

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