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Update on two-week translation dry spell

by Catherine Jan on November 7, 2011

Faites de beaux rêvesI’ll be sleeping more soundly this week.

After an unpleasant two-week translation dry spell, I have just been asked by two different people to translate two files.

Whew!

My clients did not bid me farewell in unison.

While I’m breathing a sign of relief, I won’t be putting my feet up just yet. This hiatus was a wake-up call: I need more clients.

 

 

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