Field Guide to Translation and Interpreting Research Species—Prof. Trent Slater SpecGram Vol CLXVII, No 1 Contents Universal Grandma—Advertisement
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Editor’s Note: Upon receipt of the above advertisement and the accompanying check, we immediately (1) deposited the check and (2) called the police in the company’s hometown to report an apparent case of animal cruelty. SpecGram readers should therefore not attempt to hire the company to do translation for them, since the company has been shut down, the managers are awaiting trial, and the translators themselves have launched a class action suit, using a combination of Yerkish and symbolic logic. However, we felt obligated to run the ad, since we’ve already used the fee to buy a new office refrigerator.

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Field Guide to Translation and Interpreting Research SpeciesProf. Trent Slater
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