From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs as a translator's tool Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:09:04 -0800 Message-ID: <87sfuk8njj.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871rn35lqc.fsf@mbork.pl> <87zh9r45ad.fsf@mbork.pl> <87h7vz2m5g.fsf@ebih.ebihd> <87zh9qr67n.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <3DBA2692-28A0-4AC3-B884-78763A9C7B16@traduction-libre.org> <87tuzyr474.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h7rwtov7.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87pmpriwvk.fsf@mbork.pl> <87k0fz6pkb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <877dbyjr5a.fsf@laposte.net> <87zgot6ejj.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87czlpi1bh.fsf@mbork.pl> <875yrga5qk.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878rwc5vcc.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19320"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:osTI3DZ/CJR4b/qfbmw6rDgWwnY= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 22 20:11:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n070v-0004hv-9P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:11:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41618 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n070t-0001Gv-TF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:10:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n06zF-0001DX-BH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:09:17 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:50596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n06zD-0006uH-TF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:09:17 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n06z9-0002Ql-Rs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:09:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:135026 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor writes: > Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > >>> Out of curiosity: what tools do you use? (I translate >>> subtitles a lot, and I used subed-mode and mpv.) >> >> When I do subtitles it's pretty much always for a film >> production company, which you'd think would mean latest >> technologies and industry standards, exciting stuff, but in >> fact means they email me a Word document, and expect me to >> email them a Word document back :( > > Can't you guys see if you can find me me a translator job (I > mean a single item) - because if I do it, I can tell the guys > here, "look you bunch of bozos, I have experience from the > field!" I've tried this, and it doesn't work :) > So then I'll get jobs from there! And you'll get my gratitude and I'll > have respect for Norway and Poland ;) > > Actually I already have that. I only act stupid, most of the > time ... > > Are Poles the only ones ever to beat Russia in a war? > What about the Afghans? > > As for Norway ... it speaks for itself. Only now I think they > have too much money! At the risk of going completely off-topic, I'm American, not Norwegian. My family left Norway right before they discovered oil and all got rich :(