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We now deal in snakes! Auteur du fil: Lany Chabot-Laroche
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Received this today:
Hello
How you're going to do today and I want to know if you can make a translation job and I would like to know how cobras by Word and I will
send you the document after write me back, expects his mail soon.?
God be with you
Henry.
I was rather confused. I did reply saying I ask for 8 cobras per word and I expect them to be very poisonous.
Anyone else got this and can make sense of it?
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Andy Watkinson 
Espagne
Local time: 04:22
Membre
catalan vers anglais
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Probably written by a Spanish speaker.
¿Cuánto cobras?
i.e. How much do you charge?
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| Where are my posts? | Aug 2, 2011 |
I posted a reply three times and it dissapeared in the cyberspace.
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Since my last post has been succesful, I am reposting what I did 1 hour ago, but somehow was hidden:
"How much do you charge? = ¿Cuánto cobras? in Spanish.
The author might have mixed it up or used some kind of Spanglish.
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| Automated translation? | Aug 2, 2011 |
Hi Lany,
"cobrás" is the second person in singular from the verb "cobrar" in Spanish which translates "to charge" in English. I think the sender used an automated translation software that mixed up this verbal form and word used for the snake.
Are we so irreplaceable?
Regards,
Anne Laure
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Walter Landesman wrote:
I posted a reply three times and it dissapeared in the cyberspace.
I got two notices that my topic was switched forum. Probably why your messages went missing.
As the the Spanish thing. Yes, probably it, the text was for English to Spanish.
I asking him what safety measure would be taken to ship all these cobras so that no one would get hurt.
I then asked for them to have nametags saying Mr. Hissypants.
I don't think I'll get my cobras
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Paul Dixon
Brésil
Local time: 23:22
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Yes, this is what I had in mind.
The form "Quanto cobras?" is also used in the Portuguese of Southern Brazil (Paraná and down to the Uruguay/Argentine border). In the rest of the country the second person is never used (except in the Bible) so the form would be "Quanto cobra?" - maybe a bit less frightening with only one snake involved.
The conjugation in Portuguese is:
COBRAR: eu cobro, [tu cobras], ele/ela cobra, nós cobramos, [vós cobrais], eles/elas ... See more Yes, this is what I had in mind.
The form "Quanto cobras?" is also used in the Portuguese of Southern Brazil (Paraná and down to the Uruguay/Argentine border). In the rest of the country the second person is never used (except in the Bible) so the form would be "Quanto cobra?" - maybe a bit less frightening with only one snake involved.
The conjugation in Portuguese is:
COBRAR: eu cobro, [tu cobras], ele/ela cobra, nós cobramos, [vós cobrais], eles/elas cobram [forms with square brackets only in Southern Brazil and Biblical texts]
In Portuguese (not sure about Spanish) "cobrar" means not only "to charge" but also "to make demands" e.g. "cobrar resultados" which would be "to demand results" - "to charge for results" would be "cobrar pelos resultados". ▲ Collapse
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yanadeni (X)
Canada
Local time: 22:22
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Lany Chabot-Laroche wrote: I don't think I'll get my cobras  And what's worse, they are not convertible. You can't get loonies for the cobras, nor yet
racoons or squirrels.
If the guys are from South America, the next time ask for coca leaves
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apk12
Allemagne
Local time: 04:22
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Lany Chabot-Laroche wrote:
... I was rather confused. I did reply saying I ask for 8 cobras per word and I expect them to be very poisonous.
Received any reply to that?
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Sonoko Enami
Japon
Local time: 11:22
Membre (2010)
anglais vers japonais
| You made my morning! | Aug 3, 2011 |
I love your hilarious reply!
I've been paid not in money but in kind before, but it wasn't as exciting as "8 cobras per word"! A graphic artist gave me 10 copies of his published book for a one-paragraph translation I did.
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Lany Chabot-Laroche wrote:
Received this today:
Hello
How you're going to do today and I want to know if you can make a translation job and I would like to know how cobras by Word and I will
send you the document after write me back, expects his mail soon.?
God be with you
Henry.
Well, if cobras are involved (whatever rates you'll manage to negotiate), I guess God should stay with you indeed
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Selcuk Akyuz
Turquie
Local time: 05:22
anglais vers turc
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| Do not ask for advance payment | Aug 3, 2011 |
Otherwise you may miss the deadline.
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Clarisa Moraña
États-Unis
Local time: 21:22
Membre (2002)
anglais vers espagnol
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Selcuk Akyuz wrote:
Otherwise you may miss the deadline.
Great point!
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apk12 wrote: Lany Chabot-Laroche wrote:
... I was rather confused. I did reply saying I ask for 8 cobras per word and I expect them to be very poisonous.
Received any reply to that?
I did get a few replies, but it was the standard automatic ones, at no point my cobra issues were addressed.
I also asked to get rattlesnakes instead, I figured with so many of them I could train them to rattle to a beat and make pretty awesome music.
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