AlexPGP's Corner

I am almost 20% of the way through this 20,000-word editing job, which in and of itself is not much to brag about. However, I am excited to have finally found a sentence that has not required an essential edit!

An example of the kind of stuff I've been plowing through:

К западу от продолжения защитного перекрытия на сушу будет обеспечен переход под существующими трубопроводами, обслуживающими буровую площадку Xyzzy, и подъездную дорогу к арматурному узлу.

Westward from the cofferdam extension onshore there will be a crossover provided under the existing pipelines serving Xyzzy Well Site and the access road to the fittings unit.

My edits:

Westward from To the west of the onshore cofferdam extension onshore, there a crossing will be a crossover provided constructed under the existing pipelines serving the Xyzzy Well Site and the access road to the fittings unitvalve assembly.

Or, without all the revision mode happiness:

To the west of the onshore cofferdam extension, a crossing will be constructed under the existing pipelines serving the Xyzzy Well Site and the access road to the valve assembly.

Just a light edit, dontchaknow.

In other news, I find myself insatiably curious as to the algorithm the translator uses to decide when and where to use periods to terminate sentences in his translation.

I wonder, is he trying to send a secret message? Or does he roll dice?

Ah well, a mere 13% more of the document must be edited if I plan to hit today's self-imposed quota. (And here, I had visions of "overproducing" today. Hah!)

Cheers...