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In their endless tries to save money this German trust did lay off German/English translators because “everyone learns English in school” and there are enough educated people in the office.

A few months later the trust rehires German/English translators.

What happened? The trust lost a bid for a huge project.

The contract contained blunders like “river diagram” instead of “flow chart diagram”.

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• Frank Kanu on Sunday, October 31st, 2004 @ 07:29
  
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