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Yes, I've worked as a translator before, and I know it isn't easy. But the final draft is supposed to read well in the target language. Doesn't CNN have the money to hire a translator *and* an editor?
Dan Goldstein
Beth Brooks brightened 20 Mar 2003 with: [somewhat snipped]
> Have pity on a poor, starving writer/editor who needs to develop a portfolio
> that proves she can do more than write software documentation! Rewriting
> signs and excerpts from badly written novels, while rewarding in a personal
> sense, does not put ink cartridges in the printer! I'm pitching my services
> to members of the local Chamber of Commerce soon, and I'd like to show them
> concrete examples that prove I add value.
>
> *Many* thanks to those of you who stayed serious long enough to point me in
> a helpful direction. So far, I have an unappealing sales postcard from a
> timeshare company and a web page for a web designer who ought to consider
> other work if this is the best s/he can do. I'm going to change the names to
> protect the innocent (guilty?) and do my best to write appealing, persuasive
> copy.
>
> Beth, who will forever after maintain a file of BAD writing examples just
> for such occasions as this.
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