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Elodie Bonnafous
Elodie Bonnafous
France
Local time: 19:01
Member (2009)
German to French
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Astronomy Feb 8, 2010

As an astronomy fan, I was totally thrilled when I was asked to translate the homepage of a cosmology institude directed by.. Stephen Hawking!!!

Private documents are also interesting, because it is "real-life".

I recently translated a letter of a man to his father. The man had just discovered the name and address of his father, told him about his life and children, and asked to see him at least once in his life. I was moved to tears.

I also appreciated the... See more
As an astronomy fan, I was totally thrilled when I was asked to translate the homepage of a cosmology institude directed by.. Stephen Hawking!!!

Private documents are also interesting, because it is "real-life".

I recently translated a letter of a man to his father. The man had just discovered the name and address of his father, told him about his life and children, and asked to see him at least once in his life. I was moved to tears.

I also appreciated the text on rapeseed culture in North-Africa, because it was extremely informative and revealed a point of view I had never thought about.

General texts on non technical / non juridical topics are allways interesting. ▲ Collapse
 
TranslateWithMe
TranslateWithMe
Poland
Local time: 19:01
English to Polish
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Possible engagement letter May 9, 2010

Once, I got a hand-written letter from a Polish sailor to a Thai (?) woman whom he met like three times in which he asked her to become his wife. I almost did it for free

Also, once, I had to translate a "How to..." type text about building a medieval armour. That was a challenge...

Kate
 
NMR (X)
NMR (X)
France
Local time: 19:01
French to Dutch
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Standard letters for a fortune-teller May 9, 2010

Very interesting. One of those things that makes me suspicous about crystal ball readers and other future predictors
 
Richard Bartholomew
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Germany
Local time: 19:01
German to English
Perpetual motion machine May 9, 2010

The client had written a letter to the president of the United States trying to get the president to fund research into his idea for a perpetual motion machine. The text reflected definite signs of mental illness. It was wierd.
 
3ADE shadab
3ADE shadab
Local time: 22:31
Member (2008)
Hindi to English
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Religious content Jul 5, 2010

I love to translate read and translate religious content.
 
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