FF#1 Kristy's Big News Chapters 1-9

[awishfuldreamer]

So I sat down recently and had one of those out-of-the-blue remembrances: “Oh, crap! I promised I would snark Kristy’s Big News like a year ago!” So I sat down and saw that part of the doc was still in my computer and I had just never finished. So here we go! I have always wanted to snark Kristy’s father, one of my most hated characters. And better

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[kakeochi_umai]

Hey, how have things been? Are you still in Japan?

And just because I mentioned UK covers, I didn’t know that MA almost got murdered by an overzealous hairdresser.
Fail, cover designer. I'm pretty sure that book specifically said MA DIDN'T go to Gloriana's.

And I may go to hell for this, but thinking of Gloriana of course made me think of Karen, so when I saw:
Oh, GOD, ABORT ABORT ABORT.
I actually didn't remember for a moment that you were talking about the cover.

Apparently, she saw him randomly at a ball game in California. I guess I missed that one
It was near the end of their road trip BSC in the USA. I could be a Janine-level genius if my brain wasn't full of these details.

Elizabeth says it's up to the kids to decide, but we know he already bought the tickets before asking her in the first place. "They're already on the way!"
I think they'd be well within their rights to emulate Norman Hill with the insulting drawings and rip those tickets right the fuck up.

and even more so by the shade of purple Richard’s face would

[road_baby]

I could be a Janine-level genius if my brain wasn't full of these details.

We all could. We all could. I'm like 'I can't do a French knot but I can tell you all about the BSC!'

[lisaerin]

Yeah, or when I automatically associate things with the BSC and can't say it because I don't know if anyone would know what I'm talking about. I saw this girl had on orange nail polish, green toenail polish, and an outfit that didn't match, and I immediately thought of Claudia saying that Janine's nail polish didn't match with her outfit.

[awishfuldreamer]

Still in Japan! I'll be leaving in August though. I went to the After JET conference and am thinking about trying to get my foot in the door of the translation world. I don't think I'm good enough yet, but am cramming like mad so I can at least have the N2 under my belt before leaving. How about you? IIRC, you work in translation, right?

And as usual, I love your comments. Thanks for filling me in on the BSC stuff I definitely didn't know. I think I've only read two super specials so I have a lot of gaps in my knowledge of the canon! D:

[kakeochi_umai]

Yup, this is my 6th year as a professional translator and I might be getting an underling or two later this year! It was funny reading the page my friend linked me to about the translation course he's taking at university and seeing them claim to use the "latest" translation software when actually the software that they mentioned was not only at least two incarnations old but an utter piece of shit that we hate using at my company.

Hope everything goes well with the N2 and that you find something quickly when you finish JET! Have you done any voluntary translation work?

[awishfuldreamer]

Hahaha, which software? I can totally picture a university trying to pass that off as the "latest" because they're too cheap/lazy to upgrade!

I haven't done any translation work (I'm such a noob!), but I'm looking into possibly getting an MA in translation. There's a school in California that offers pretty nice scholarships for JETs. I have a long way to go...

[cassandraclue]

Woooo BSC Snark translators!! (I am one as well, although I do Russian, not Japanese.)

[kakeochi_umai]

Trados 2007. Piece of shit.

Hope it all goes well for you!

[awishfuldreamer]

I am chuckling that any university is trying to pass off something with 2007 in the name as the "latest." Hilarious!