Hi Chelsea

4 May 2015

In my first few months as a freelance translator, I did not have enough work to do. That was quite hard, not because I did not enjoy a leisurely life, but because I need to make a living.

Fortunately, after I started translating my first book, jobs keep coming. Though occasionally I come close to running out of books to translate, during better times, I can enjoy the luxury of committing to jobs that I love to do, like translating books I find meaningful, and declining jobs I like less.

Today, a client with first name Chelsea asked me to translate some urgent documents. I refused since my schedule is already quite tight. I refused politely of course. But I really wish I could write a reply like this:

Hi Chelsea

Congratulations on winning the Premier League.

Unfortunately I am a Man United fan. You see, my team has lost three games in a row. I am really in no mood to translate for you Chelsea. Go park your bus and find another one to do it.

驚世駭俗的翻譯（說傷風敗俗亦可）

2015年4月15日

譯人譯事這篇〈好「屌」的翻譯〉實在太精彩了：

Yes, except that the modern esotericists don't have two pennies to rub together.

被譯成：是的，只不過現代的祕教者並沒有兩根可以搓在一起的陰莖。

其實not have two pennies to rub together意思很簡單（就是很窮），而且很容易查到意思，一Google就能找到，例如：http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+two+pennies+to+rub+together

職業譯者，真的要尊重自己的職業。

但這種誤譯並非毫無價值，至少看了好歡樂。