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All is fair...
Aug. 22nd, 2004 11:20 pmAll translation is done for the day, and it's a good thing, too seeing how late it is.
Galina, Natalie, and I stopped by the house where the renter is planning to move out soon owing to having had his job downsized, and we discussed alternatives to his breaking the lease. On the way back, we stopped at the ever-popular Tokyo Bowl restaurant (where I learned to eat Nabeyaki udon) for some sushi. Galina originally thought I had over-ordered, but it turned out we were all pleasantly full by the time the last morsel was gone. Literally. About the only thing left to eat at our table in the end was a pea-sized chunk of wasabe.
I managed to struggle through most of the questionable terms in the translation (no sentences, a lot of impromptu abbreviations). However, one item kept popping up and I could not for the life of me find out what it meant. (For the curious, the item is a "точ.-пропыл. станок," which I suspect may be a misspelling. It's some kind of machine that does grinding and... something else.)
In desperation, I actually called the plant where this machinery is found and asked the person who answered the phone what the animal might be. I was asked to call back at 6 pm Moscow time (it's about 8:15 am there now), when my party would be able to give me an answer. That's still within my deadline, so I guess I'll go to sleep hoping the answer will come tomorrow. If my attempt ends in no joy, I'll simply fall back and punt with something imaginative, such as "special grinder."
In the meantime, before I leave for work tomorrow I have to make sure I can get at my files since I have again forgotten my VAIO's detachable floppy disk (and am not about to buy a third unit, fer cryin' out loud) and the ability to jack a JumpDrive into various machines is still not any kind of sure thing.
The important thing in the next couple of days is going to be: focus! Galina says we simply must close the refinance tomorrow, and I must address some issues having to do with the ATA and my over-the-transom Denver-based client, besides the usual stuff with my local Houston client and the new client acquired Friday.
It's something to sleep on, that's for sure.
Cheers...
Galina, Natalie, and I stopped by the house where the renter is planning to move out soon owing to having had his job downsized, and we discussed alternatives to his breaking the lease. On the way back, we stopped at the ever-popular Tokyo Bowl restaurant (where I learned to eat Nabeyaki udon) for some sushi. Galina originally thought I had over-ordered, but it turned out we were all pleasantly full by the time the last morsel was gone. Literally. About the only thing left to eat at our table in the end was a pea-sized chunk of wasabe.
I managed to struggle through most of the questionable terms in the translation (no sentences, a lot of impromptu abbreviations). However, one item kept popping up and I could not for the life of me find out what it meant. (For the curious, the item is a "точ.-пропыл. станок," which I suspect may be a misspelling. It's some kind of machine that does grinding and... something else.)
In desperation, I actually called the plant where this machinery is found and asked the person who answered the phone what the animal might be. I was asked to call back at 6 pm Moscow time (it's about 8:15 am there now), when my party would be able to give me an answer. That's still within my deadline, so I guess I'll go to sleep hoping the answer will come tomorrow. If my attempt ends in no joy, I'll simply fall back and punt with something imaginative, such as "special grinder."
In the meantime, before I leave for work tomorrow I have to make sure I can get at my files since I have again forgotten my VAIO's detachable floppy disk (and am not about to buy a third unit, fer cryin' out loud) and the ability to jack a JumpDrive into various machines is still not any kind of sure thing.
The important thing in the next couple of days is going to be: focus! Galina says we simply must close the refinance tomorrow, and I must address some issues having to do with the ATA and my over-the-transom Denver-based client, besides the usual stuff with my local Houston client and the new client acquired Friday.
It's something to sleep on, that's for sure.
Cheers...
