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В этом блоге немало печальных фактов из жизни переводяг. Например, вы бы отказались переводить допрос с пытками? А покончить жизнь самоубийством после того, в чем участвовали?

Но вот там ещё, о бабках. Может и баян, датировано 2007 годом.

Case in point: In mid-December 2006, DynCorp International and McNeil Technologies were awarded a "$4.6 billion, five-year contract from the Department of Defense to provide language services to the U.S. Army and other U.S. government agencies fighting in Iraq." Swish that around in your mouth a bit: four point six billion dollars! The "translation agency" that they set up is called Global Linguistic Solutions LLC. And, the "contract calls for 6,000 local Arabic translators and up to 1,000 U.S. staff who are trained in the regional languages."

Полный текст http://theprogressivetranslator.blogspot.com/2007/01/translator-surge.html

Кто-то прокомментировал: If L3 or Dyncorp or Titan asks you to join their workforce, you'd be well served to respond with a very loud "No!". Cross the street. Start walking fast in the opposite direction.