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Poll: Which animal best represents you as a translator?
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Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Member (2009)
English to German
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Silly question Mar 19, 2017

Next question.

 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:45
Spanish to English
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Other Mar 19, 2017

One client dubbed me "the cheetah of translation", because I always deliver his texts speedily (and no, it's not because I look like Tarzan's chimp chum)...

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 16:45
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Elephant Mar 19, 2017

Not all that fast, but steady and reliable, and once something sticks in my mind it stays there. I remember more than I'd like to.

Also, like some elephants, I'm a wannabe artist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCzH0Mk5s7s).

[Edited at 2017-03-19 10:42 GMT]


 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Member (2006)
German to English
Other Mar 19, 2017

is anonymous slowly starting to get that their pols are a waste of time?

 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 00:45
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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Cat. Mar 19, 2017

I have a cat as a pet, but this cat couldn't care less about translation. So not sure how it may be related

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 23:45
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Mar 19, 2017

Could I be a cross of an owl (for the wisdom), a mule (for the sturdiness) and an elephant (for the memory)?

 
Chié_JP
Chié_JP
Japan
Local time: 08:45
Member (2013)
English to Japanese
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human being Mar 19, 2017

a mammal with spirit and attitude

 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Catdragon Mar 19, 2017

Had to answer dragon given where I'm from, but I'm probably more of a cat - I do things my way and I'm entirely covered in fur.

 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Member (2009)
English to German
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Well Mar 19, 2017

Michael Harris wrote:

is anonymous slowly starting to get that their pols are a waste of time?


Apparently not.


 
Jennifer Forbes
Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:45
French to English
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In memoriam
Dog Mar 19, 2017

I'm a tracker dog, always sniffing out obscure references and following the scent - not one of a pack of hounds, more of a bloodhound.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 00:45
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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Chameleon Mar 19, 2017

I'm a total hypocrite, but I'm good at picking up the tone and register of a text and making a parody of it in English.

 
Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 08:45
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Other Mar 19, 2017

Depends on my biorhythm

At times I'm a sloth - I just couldn't be bothered.
I'm also a red setter - full of beans and can handle anything.

It depends so much on the situation and circumstance. If you dim the lights, put on some nice relaxing music and crack open a bottle of champers, preferably vintage, I turn into a completely different animal.


 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 00:45
English to German
Ant Mar 19, 2017

Christine Andersen wrote:
Chameleon
I'm a total hypocrite, but I'm good at picking up the tone and register of a text and making a parody of it in English.


That's a great one.

I'm an ant, carrying one little word after the other all day on a well-trodden path. When I'm done, I have quite a heap of them.


 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 00:45
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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Silly, yes Mar 19, 2017

I love animals (most of them) but I really cannot identify with any of them.

 
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