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Grrrrrrr - What is bugging you today?!
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| 664. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 08:29 am |
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Well stated aenigma x.
Kai - One of your first posts in TC was an offer to translate for others. You stated that you were very good and went on to list a multitude of languages. Now you are saying you are not good.........I have to say I am rather confused.
Translating is serious business and "knowing little" of many languages does not seem to be enough to qualify someone as a translator since you should be certain of what you are translating. If you are not proficient in the languages you previously stated, perhaps you should withdraw the offer.
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| 665. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 08:46 am |
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Quoting girleegirl:
Well stated aenigma x.
Kai - One of your first posts in TC was an offer to translate for others. You stated that you were very good and went on to list a multitude of languages. Now you are saying you are not good.........I have to say I am rather confused.
Translating is serious business and "knowing little" of many languages does not seem to be enough to qualify someone as a translator since you should be certain of what you are translating. If you are not proficient in the languages you previously stated, perhaps you should withdraw the offer.
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Actually all I offered was help because I have friends who speak those languages and I tried translating it and my friends would kindly help me/correct me. I never said I could speak them all myself. I wish I could, but I can't. And I also never said I was qualified to do so.
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| 666. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 10:03 am |
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Quoting aenigma x:
I admire your enthusiasm Kai, however I also think modesty is a admirable quality in ALL things (singing voice, ability with languages, academic achievements/predictions...)  I dont want to appear rude, but when people are so self-satisfied/smug there is a temptation to want to "knock them down" - beware of it.
Achievement is certainly something to be proud of I sincerely hope you get into Oxbridge - I have known the most intelligent clever people who have not managed to get past the rather strange entrance exams  Come here and tell us when you do get in - THAT will be the time to celebrate  |
i got straight a's and 2nd best results in my college year and i didn't get in because i wasn't from the 'right' area so i know what you mean there,and i don't think i;m one of the most intelligent, clever people, the point is getting the grades doesn't guarantee you entry to oxbridge..
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| 667. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 01:57 pm |
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I am very confused today! Especially after reading some of the above thread - perhaps I should get out more :-S
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| 668. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 02:00 pm |
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Quoting libralady: I am very confused today! Especially after reading some of the above thread - perhaps I should get out more :-S |
what was i said that you didnt understand
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| 669. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 02:42 pm |
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Quoting robyn  : Quoting libralady: I am very confused today! Especially after reading some of the above thread - perhaps I should get out more :-S |
what was i said that you didnt understand |
I said above "thread" referring to several posts not one post!
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| 670. |
30 Jan 2007 Tue 03:46 pm |
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Quoting robyn : i got straight a's and 2nd best results in my college year and i didn't get in because i wasn't from the 'right' area so i know what you mean there,and i don't think i;m one of the most intelligent, clever people, the point is getting the grades doesn't guarantee you entry to oxbridge.. |
Oh $£%@!  looks like my luck is out then...I might be in good old Surrey now but I didn't exactly grow up in the nicest of places either. I hate it when people are like that.
There you go...thats what bugs today. People thinking they are better than others because of where they are from! 
To be honest, some of the most nicest people I've ever met are from the "downside" and places where people are from the "upper class" are more stuck up than I ever imagined possible. Not to say they are all like that though..for e.g. I have this one friend who has three houses in the same road (10 houses apart to be exact) but she is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
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I'm studying to be a Dr in the future 
No one WANTS to get up at that time, but hey life is not all about what you want 
