Re: Translations: work slogans (was Re: Which language is this? (once again))

Paul Bennett wrote:

> FWIW, here's something I made with the third phrase that might prove
> inspiring. I had a copy printed out on the wall of my cube, just to take
> care of 90% of the visitors... (snipalot)
>
>
A lot of those came out here as rows of ?????--and changing the encoding
didn't help; 1,2,6,10,14,15,18,19,21,24 if I've counted right.... Just OOC,
what are the languages?

Your Indonesian/Malay is OK, but a more colloquial (perhaps specifically
Indonesian?) version might be:
Kurang tahu, saya pegawai saja
less  know,  I   employee just

Actually, we were taught never never to negate personal opinions with
tidak-- it's almost impolite. Thus, saya kurang suka... I don't like...,
this food is kurang enak 'not very tasty'; someone's kurang pintar 'not very
clever' etc...

How about Spanish:
No sé; sólo trabajo aquí (or maybe, trabajo aquí no más-- no más is popular
in Argentina at least, IIRC).

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