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mcguire on June 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: If companies interviewed translators the way they ...

I thought it would be something along the lines of,

"Could you translate '¿Donde es el baño?'"

"I'm sorry, I don't do well on tests. I thought we were going to talk about my past projects on my résumé. In fact, I'm quite offended by your question. Good day, sir!"

mcbits on June 18, 2017 [–]

"That should probably be '¿Dónde está el baño?', but the question is clearly asking 'Where's the restroom?'"

"Wrong, sorry. My sheet here says 'Where is the bath?'"

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