I had to call a customer this morning because I needed some last info to finish a project. His secretary told me she was going to page him and I should hold the line. A minute later, he was on the phone. You know how that goes. Me: "I know I'm probably disturbing you doing something really important." Him: "Oh no, not really. I am just cauterizing a heart vessel." BAM! His secretary had patched me through to the OR! *faint* Now that was a one of a kind experience.... Hey doc, can I call you during heart surgery? Yeah, that's fine, just go ahead... *facepalm*

Title: Son of Men
Chapters: 3-8
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When a message comes through the typewriter, it's going to turn everyone's life upside down.
Author's Note: I'm seriously behind updating the fic on my LJ. My apologies for that! But guess what... instead of just one chapter, you'll get six! I hope that makes up for my lack of posting at least a little :) Huge, huge, huge, HUGE big bear hugs to my lovely beta raspberry_splat.

Previous chapters: 1, 2

( Chapter 3 )

( Chapter 4 )

( Chapter 5 )

( Chapter 6 )

( Chapter 7 )

( Chapter 8 )

Okay, so I was hired to do international product management for this one German medical company. Right now, most of what I'm doing is cross-checking the English translations. So far, they've used a highly reputable external translation service. When I heard that (before I started cross-checking the translations), I was really intimidated because, you know, this being my first real job as a translator and English not being my mother tongue.... Anyways, I am sitting here, looking at some of these translations and I'm really starting to think they just ran them through google translate. Some stuff is exceptionally well done and some stuff is just.... abysmal. I can't even understand what the English text is supposed to say. I first need to translate it back into German word by word to get an idea what it's supposed to mean. And this from one of the biggest translation services in Germany! Granted, I'm dealing with complex, high level medical texts here (expect some more cries for help from me, rhoboat ;) ) but shouldn't a translation service at least have some kind of quality management and proof-reading, especially if they are one of the biggest service providers in Germany? Seriously, this is just... argh. I showed my boss yesterday what I had corrected so far and told him some stuff was just completely incomprehensible. He doesn't speak English very well which is why he had chosen a reputable translation service because he had no means whatsoever to proof it himself. You didn't want to hear the names he called the translation service when he called them later on. Seriously, this is just so wrong on so many levels. I'm not saying my English is perfect but what this company translated (and most of all, charged a heckload of money for) is maybe low-level high school English. Lung ignition my ass.

Title: Son of Men
Chapter: 2
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When a message comes through the typewriter, it's going to turn everyone's life upside down.
Author's Note: Many, many, many {hugs} to my lovely beta raspberry_splat  for being my lifeline the last few months.

Previous chapters: 1

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( Barely two hours later, Peter and Olivia rounded the empty hallways of Massive Dynamic towards Nina Sharp's office. )

I hope someone here on LJ can help me or knows someone who  can help me. I'm working as a translator for a medical company, doing client presentations in French and English. English is absolutely no problem for me, but my French vocabulary isn't the best yet when it comes to the medical field. Meaning - it's pretty much non-existant. What I need is a special medical dictionary, preferably German-French but English-French would also help. What I need is just a simple dictionary without an explanation about what a certain condition or treatment is. I've tried Amazon Germany, France, US and Canada, however the results were pretty abysmal (as in either 15 years old or the user reviews weren't that good. Maybe there isn't such a dictionary, but I rather think I didn't search for the right thing. So if anyone can recommend a dictionary that goes way beyond what a normal person would use, I'd really appreciate it :)

Title: Son of Men
Chapter: 1
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When a message comes through the typewriter, it's going to turn everyone's life upside down.
Author's Note: This was written for last year's fringeminibang. Due to RL, I never really got around to post this before, so I am doing it now. I started this about halfway through season 3, so this will completely ignore everything that has happened starting roughly at about episode 3x14 "6B". Many, many, many {hugs} to my lovely beta raspberry_splat  for being my lifeline the last few months.

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( If there was one thing Olivia Dunham still wondered about when it came to Peter Bishop, it was his strange fascination for Humphrey Bogart. )

4:00 AM - From Twitter, Wednesday, 9-14-2011 http://j.mp/rpwGqb

11:41 AM - Just passing by. Wish I could fly away though... (@ Flughafen Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport) (STR) w/ 3 others) http://t.co/2ECnxFTp

1:15 PM - Lunch time! Chili cheese long burger yum! (@ Burger King) http://t.co/e2ikQPyF

2:31 PM - Just passed through Munich. LOVE this city!

4:28 PM - Uncle lives at the bottom of the Alps. It's beautiful here! (@ Bad Tölz) http://t.co/4vMoY6LA

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4:07 PM - Home sweet home! Moved back home today cause of dad. This is two blocks from parents' house! Love it here! http://t.co/KQxJozD

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10:05 PM - Back from Belgium. Glad to be back. The weather was absolutely horrible! Rain, rain and even more rain. Yuck.

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Saturday, 9-3-2011 http://j.mp/qPiPqi

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Friday, 9-2-2011 http://j.mp/pjDrR8

7:34 PM - Why exactly am I at IKEA again? XD different location though today! (@ IKEA w/ 2 others) http://t.co/b5HAaj2

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Thursday, 9-1-2011 http://j.mp/ovKg89

9:13 PM - "Wolle Rose kaufen?" XD XD XD Epic! http://t.co/oV4zfX2 @GetGlue #NeuesVomWixxer

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Wednesday, 8-31-2011 http://j.mp/rce5Ng

1:04 PM - Chocolate coconut shake. Yummy! (@ Burger King) http://t.co/h89t2Sn

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Tuesday, 8-30-2011 http://j.mp/qmWuJA

2:31 PM - And spending money on stuff I didn't intend on buying. (@ IKEA) http://t.co/Fc56UIJ

8:19 PM - I unlocked the Tucker and Dale vs. Evil sticker on @GetGlue! http://t.co/3BPLwB4

9:11 PM - OMG! This is the most awesome movie ever! @alan_tudyk is just fucking amazing! http://t.co/29U03dM @GetGlue #TuckerAndDaleVsEvil

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4:00 AM - From Twitter, Monday, 8-29-2011 http://j.mp/pw8PSe

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8:40 AM - I hate early Monday mornings. Especially when there are only creeps at the train station.

1:06 PM - My 6th graders have a maths question that's based on the Fibonacci sequence. I'm having a #Fringe moment.

8:18 PM - #Fringe 6B time! Walter is making pancakes... Yummy!

9:19 PM - "I want what you want." yaaaaaay! #Fringe

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Peter Wake – the Fringe video game.

Download and stream here.

I’ve been meaning to do this little vidlet ever since I saw the episode LSD. I’m a gamer, and one of the games I thoroughly enjoyed was the XBox360 exclusive Alan Wake. Reviewers say it’s a mix of Stephen King and Twin Peaks and I gotta agree there. There’s an additional DLC for it called “The Writer” which inspired this little vidlet. The audio was taken from the trailer which is available for streaming on the XBox Live Channel on your game console (in case you have one ;) ). The video is composed of clips from Fringe’s episode 3×19 LSD plus some Photoshop graphics I spliced in between. Remember when watching that Alan Wake is a horror/thriller game so the vidlet it set along the same lines.

10:50 AM - From Twitter, Thursday, 8-25-2011 http://j.mp/qbH7PT

10:54 AM - Last time I am seeing these. Goodbye teaching French and Latin! Not gonna miss ya! http://t.co/o1Z44N1 http://t.co/88U26xE

10:55 AM - In honor of #FringeFriday I am wearing this shirt. Which obviously I took a photo of upside down *facepalm* http://t.co/Ms2oQkB

8:17 PM - OMG this movie is EPIC!!!! http://t.co/F6iv07D @GetGlue #DerWixxer

10:29 PM - #Fringe promo on Pro7. The way Walter says "strudel" (German translation for vortex) makes me think of "apple strudel". Now I'm hungry.

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11:17 AM - Last day with my advanced maths kids. God, I'm gonna miss this! (@ Schülerhilfe Kitzingen) http://t.co/R3O9cJs

0:07 PM - Why I don't like taking the train in the summer. It's always filled to the rim. You can be lucky they even let you on the train at all!

0:33 PM - From Twitter, Wednesday, 8-24-2011 http://j.mp/pXOKnM

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