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Me playing Hitman: World of Assassination Game: "Agent 47 is a silent assassin of legend, in which he infiltrates a location, takes out his target by making it look like an accident or ensuring the crime will never be solved, and then leaves without anyone the wiser." Me: "I hear you and...

The Chinese for this dish is 四宝田鸡, literally translated it means "four treasure field chicken". "Field chicken" is a bit of a euphemistic way to refer to frogs, because frog meat actually has a texture that's similar to chicken, so Chinese peasants who didn't have access to chicken or couldn't...

If anyone's wondering what happened, basically the translation was done very directly, with each Chinese character's or phrase's literal meaning being transferred to the English version without any regard for context or English dish-naming conventions. There are also places where certain...

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*ears perk up*

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The reasons vary. 1. Some are angling for a discount. If they can say "we had to make so many changes to your translation, it was terrible, you should only charge us half price", they're going to try it. 2. Some do it for ego. They believe they have amazing English skills, and it'd feel...

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Occasionally I catch glimpses of what the conservative side of the US are saying (I don't like it, I prefer the comfort of my echo chambers, thanks), and as far as I can tell, they're not voting for Trump, they're voting against Harris and the Democrats. They believe that the Democrats will...

Out of curiosity, what counts as a "good deal" in this case? Ballpark figure.

Oooh, Starry, my favorite superhero!

I should note that articles do not exist in Chinese grammar, so it is indeed a bit hard for native Chinese speakers to learn how to use them properly. Accidentally leaving them out, using them when they're not necessary, and accidentally mixing up definite/indefinite articles are all common...

Client: "Hey, we've made some changes to your translation, and we'd like you to follow these changes for all translations in the future." Us: "Sure, we'll do our best to take your suggestions on board. What changes did you make?" Client: "We deleted all instances of the definite article...

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I noticed one day that my porn adverts had gone from "hot singles in your area" to "hot single moms in your area".

Hitler was a vegetarian. I could easily see many Zoomers think, "Y'know what, vegetarianism counts as a good idea."

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