I am not complaining...

...but it's curious to imagine just what kind thought processes people engage in when they go about putting together a presentation.

A few days ago, I edited some documents that had been translated from Russian to English. What I received this afternoon was a Russian-language PowerPoint presentation that was purported to be identical to the original Russian document. Therefore, one would think that creating a translated version of said presentation would be child's play (okay, play for a child who's been using a computer for a year or two, but I digress...). But now throw in the fact that - surprise! - the Russian text in the PowerPoint file - I know you're not going to believe this - is not the same as that in the file it is supposedly identical to and you end up with a real, honest-to-goodness, bona fide, fair dinkum hairball.

They want this item back - along with another file, edited - by COB tomorrow, because the meeting at which the presentation will be made is a mere three weeks off.

It's gonna be close.

Cheers...