Tale of an insomniac – part 2

The rush assignment this morning has reminded my client of my existence, it seems.  This afternoon, he placed a mega-job with me which is welcome news as work has been conspicuous by its absence of late.  I started the job – which is not difficult – just acres and acres of it in a relatively short timespan – and then broke off to start cooking my dinner.

A few moments ago, the phone rang again. Same client with a request for some more translation of the doner kebab job I did this morning.  Would I be able to do it by tomorrow first thing? “It doesn’t matter when you do it this evening, but they need it early tomorrow morning because they’re  going to print”. [It's at times like these that my faith in the proverbial German organisation and efficiency takes a bit of a knock...]

In my previous post I wondered if I should have an early night to make up for last night’s lack of sleep. I think that question has been answered now; I’d better go and find some matchsticks.

Filed under: Translation on June 9th, 2009

2 Responses to “Tale of an insomniac – part 2”

  1. Ian, on June 10th, 2009 at 4:55 am Said:

    Prayers and best wishes to stay awake — and for the work. For the kebab client do you get samples? :)

    Hope you can sleep well tonight…at some point.

  2. Kerensa, on June 10th, 2009 at 10:03 am Said:

    No samples of anything, Ian. Kebabs, chocolate, jam, strudel. I’m lucky if I get to see a picture!
    And the kebab client’s work moved away from the processing of meat onto the fitting out of the fast-food outlets.

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