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[nekokoban]

EDIT: So, they're letting me get away with being on "busy" all day (i.e., not answering the phones).

On the other hand, they're all making fun of me. D: How cruel, how cruel!

/EDIT

So really, I feel fine.

But there feels like there's this huge pressure inside my throat, pushing out, and so I can't talk above a whisper.

I log into the phones in about five minutes.

...

Maybe I could convince my boss to let me NOT log into the phones today as I work? ;;;;;

Also, I got an offer to do a translation for a scanlating group. I would really like to, because I like the book in question very much! BUT MY JAPANESE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH SOMEONE HELP.

Comments

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

DEFINITELY ask not to use phones. If you can't talk, you can't talk.

Also, that sounds like a good chance to improve your Japanese. Maybe ask for another translator to consult with? A good dictionary + someone to bother with questions = wonders. ♥

[nekokoban]

I did!

HIM: "You know what the best thing for a situation like this is?"
ME: "?"
HIM: "You have to get a new throat to replace the old one. But the next-best alternative is not talking."

So now I am here-but-not, according to the phones, woo. XD

I asked them to see if one of their other translators is willing to look over my rough script and see if there's any glaring errors; my big problem is subtleties in grammar. ... hell, even in English, my weakest point is subtleties in grammar. Damn. XD

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

…Your boss sounds awesome XD

Y-yeah, that's my weak spot, too, especially since I'm so new to it. I'm just kind of like… but shouldn't that mean that? and sensei is like no. No, it shouldn't. :|

[nekokoban]

My entire workplace is awesome. At our last department meeting of the year, he dressed up as Santa, and the other managers as disgruntled Christmas elves. I got chased from my desk by an elf with a gun to take a picture with Santa.

That is the thing -- I'm awesome with vocab. Vocab is easy for me. Grammar is ... not so much. Buuu. D: