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I enjoy making fire, because it makes people feel warm

szechuan — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:22:42 -0800

Lauris is the spirit of the office, irrespective weather those are the numerous jokes for any occasion he has in his luggage or a basket of autumn apples, which he has picked in the morning to remind the colleges about the beauty of the autumn.

Zane has chosen to live in a beautiful world of internal and external beauty, where fragrances and aromas are of importance, however the uppermost value are harmonious relations with the closest people.

We are all fans of mangled English translations from Asia, but there is a certain added beauty in this site for a Latvian law firm, which boasts "professional, fast and qualitative translations" while "introducing a spirit of poetics in the daily routine of the office".

By: clevershark

clevershark — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:25:05 -0800

Don't settle for a non-qualitative translation!

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:28:39 -0800

Feels otherworldly. Sometimes the most beautiful things come from the mouths of non-native speakers. A Korean exchange student in my Creative Writing class, despite being only moderately inspired, made some lovely accidental poetry. It was the same fresh language you hear from children. Maybe I should stop my Spanish studies at the intermediate level and write sweetly awkward Romance-language verses.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:18:41 -0800

'whether' More commenting later.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 03:01:53 -0800

I love this: With friends and colleagues Andris is open and sincere, endowed with a good sense of humour. He even treats himself with a healthy dose of humour – you will never hear that Andris has gone for skiing during the holydays if he will not be sure of the total correspondence of the meaning of the word skiing with his undertaken activities. The best answer you will most probably hear from him is that he has been sliding down the hill on the skis, and was attempting to perform it in vertical position. Very nice. I like these people.

By: altolinguistic

altolinguistic — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:02:08 -0800

I'm torn... these are lovely, quirky descriptions, but the translator in me wants to hold them up as an example of why it's better to get a native speaker to translate your stuff... Not that I could translate from Latvian, admittedly. And perhaps they get their important stuff translated properly.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 05:23:50 -0800

They have all bluechip clients, so i guess it's not hurting them. I like the poetic stuff, but it seems very unprofessional in my eyes.

By: nequalsone

nequalsone — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:48:21 -0800

The work of lawyers corresponds the modern aviation most precisely

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:24:53 -0800

She is not the person to engage into couch-potato like activities, nor she would accept doing absolutely nothing, instead you will find Zane amidst bag-packers hitch-hiking round the Europe or enjoying the company of friends in the open air installation art museum in Pedvale. Like taz, I like these people. If I ever get to Riga, I'll drop in and say hi.

By: bardic

bardic — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:50:16 -0800

Zane is hot.

By: Amizu

Amizu — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:59:04 -0800

I like this one: Martins is unusually dynamic – he is just like a water-plant, a sparkler, an explosive... Both Zanes are hot. I like them too. But honestly - don't any of these people know English speakers in Riga?

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:16:19 -0800

Inese is hotter