The future always on her mind
My 'Language Acquisition' mentor decided today she's going to make me a doctoral student and sponsor me to write my D paper about 'foreigner talk' in a couple of years. Heh. I heart her. And I heart this course. And I can pass for being Polish or Finnish or something non-Swedish like that, can't I?
I've decided what I want to do with my degree once I'm finished (on the side, of course, I'm still going to be a socio-linguistics professor. I promised my grandparents). I want to be a translator. I'm always complaining about badly translated books; that way I could do something about it. What better way to use an English degree? Ah, I'm already looking forward to doing English. I seriously need to freshen it up.
This whole, I'm-where-I'm-supposed-to-be feeling? I like it.
A small observation: friendship is calling the other person 'bitch' in a text knowing she will laugh her head off when seeing it.
I've decided what I want to do with my degree once I'm finished (on the side, of course, I'm still going to be a socio-linguistics professor. I promised my grandparents). I want to be a translator. I'm always complaining about badly translated books; that way I could do something about it. What better way to use an English degree? Ah, I'm already looking forward to doing English. I seriously need to freshen it up.
This whole, I'm-where-I'm-supposed-to-be feeling? I like it.
A small observation: friendship is calling the other person 'bitch' in a text knowing she will laugh her head off when seeing it.
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And fine-tuned translation skills include knowing how to convey "bitch" in a way that comes off less idiomatic and more everyday-casual. You're mere steps away from top notch, kiddo. (Or, I guess, mere notches. A notch would be below another notch, and you can't really walk up notches, so there aren't any actual steps involved except metaphorical steps.)
Notch. Nice little word there. Almost as fun as "notched", one syllable. :)
You're being confusing on purpose. :P But I do like the word, 'notch', too.
And 'kiddo'? I'm the older one here, in case you didn't remember! ;)
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