i'm bored outta my skull
I'm translating a bunch of names into English from Italian for a client.

It's dull, I don't speak Italian - and I'm not even a translator
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:08, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

dictonary?
or google translate?
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:13, Reply)

not that simple
I'm only doing it so we actually make some profit, and these are massive clients for us
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:15, Reply)

are you a lawer?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:19, Reply)

if only
i'd have lackeys to do it for me.

I run a linguistics solutions company with my missus, and this is our biggest ongoing project - one of the world's biggest companies
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:21, Reply)

ooh
I felt like that when my company (tiny start up) has work with huge names
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:23, Reply)

tough work
i must say.

we've been lucky really, got a few stable clients without any major advertising, plus this big contract which throws 1000s of words our way every week, so we're doing OK so far
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:25, Reply)

good!
My work gets most of its buisness through its website
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:27, Reply)

same
we tried advertising through specialist websites, and also the Spanish Yellow Pages, but its mostly site traffice and word of mouth.

what do you do?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:31, Reply)

Im a scientist
I make surfactant block copolymers
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:37, Reply)

thta
sounds more complex than it probably is.

Is that like "coverings" to prevent damage/seepage or something different entirely
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:40, Reply)

Different
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfactant
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:40, Reply)

Gah
Chemistry i should have known.

Didn't do me too well in the exam question though
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:47, Reply)

No worries
when I talk chemistry most people think I'm talking martian
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 20 Sep 2009, 21:49, Reply)