Google Translate vs my translation

Last week I posted a Mandarin entry about my attitude towards work.

It's one of the entries I felt like linking to in my Facebook account (no, I don't link all my entries in Facebook), it got some responses and comments, but what surprised me most was that I got a reaction from my Indian colleague.

Turns out that he used Google Translate to view my Mandarin entry, and I was curious enough to try it out to see just how well my entry got translated.

Well... close but no cookie. It misses some marks and got one completely opposite of what I wrote.

Since Chinese and English have different structure, it's probably not wise to translate verbatim. At least I won't write the same entry in the same structure if I were to write it in English.

Anyway, below's what I got from Google Translate and my corrections to make it reflects my original meaning.

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臭屁

我有清除即时通讯记录的习惯，每晚关机前整理要保留的讯息然后就清除其它的。

只保留觉得重要或有意义的讯息，一直留到我传送到电脑有个后备了才从手机记忆里清除。

今天清除即时通讯记录后发现这阵子保留下来的很多是自己写的嘞…

原来自己是这么臭屁的，呵呵！ =P

以下是一些被我保留下来，华文的讯息（英文的比较多）。

去年十月间我说：

“生活不缺烦恼，没必要为难自己。”

“要懂得网上多数是照骗和强大的乔装（化妆的加强版）后的假容颜哦，不要这么天真哦…”

今天当同事朋友说老板的老板发送的电子邮件里说工厂的同事称赞感谢我们的努力和付出，其中一项几乎是我单枪匹马承担的功绩时，我说：

“全都是屁，噗一声就过去，给我加薪比较有意义。”

哎哟，不错哦，有押韵哦！ =D

我真的很臭屁，哈哈哈！ =P

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Escaped

I have been with the same department since I joined the company eleven years ago.

Been through a few reorganisations, group name changes, and reported under different managers.

The job scope has changed throughout the years, not unexpected, but it's also gradually removing me from my initial role the company hired me for, one that utilises my strength and passion.

I have nothing against widening my horizon, learning new skill sets, keeping myself competitive. As long as my core strength is still the centre of my job scope.

Sadly with the latest reorganisation it's not. It's more like something taken for granted by the management nowadays. It has become the additional stuff they expect me to do while piling me with other things that has little to no relation to my core strength, but which they would gauge my performance upon.

So yea, it got to a point that I updated my resume and handed it in to another department, and went for the face to face meet up.

I didn't get a job offer, as there was none to offer at that time. I doubt I would accept it if offered anyway after learning more about the job scope. No point getting out from a shit pool just to get into another shit pool.

At least the old shit pool has familiar faces. =P

Anyway, I am not the only one who felt so with the latest reorganisation, and a colleague friend in the same group, someone who is among the first few people I met when I first joined the company all those years ago, was in the same situation.

And he got out! He got an offer from another department and he is moving out of the group in a few days.

I am sincerely happy for him, for escaping this shit pool, and I admire his courage.

All the best to him and hope we will still be as we are after the move. Don't be a stranger.

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有感而发：只为钱

二零一八年三月二十五日。

工作真的就是为了赚钱养家。

不要爱上公司，因为公司绝对不爱你。

经理上司管理层说的东西，听听就好，随时都可以变的。

脚踏实地的完成份内的工作，能力允许就尽量帮帮同事，保持人脉。

确保自己一直有竞争力，有价值，才不会被淘汰。

一步一脚印。

替人打工，又是外国人的公司，难免会接烂摊子。

埋怨归埋怨，私底下就好，工还是要尽能力做到最好。

那是对自己人品的交代，自己的责任感和工作的质量不要被别人左右。

能够在工作中找到快乐，你很幸运，不能也没关系。

记得，工作始终是为了钱。

快乐可以工作以外找，毕竟公司请你不是为了你的快乐。

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Downhill, part deux

Got home late yesterday night after a four days business trip, and got my salary adjustment report today.

It's official, last year's was my worst salary increment in my whole career thus far.

Don't get too excited thinking this year's is any good though, because it's just a 0.12% increment compared to last year's, which again I stressed is the worst increment in my whole career to date.

Bollocks.

And my manager made it clear that the increment will become smaller next year onwards unless I get a promotion, because I have finally reached the midpoint of my pay range.

Bollocks!

Bollocks!

Bollocks!

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随想

我的即时通讯一般都比较静，毕竟自己不是那种很积极社交的人。

当然我是排除了那些我认为是噪音，被我略过或即时删掉的垃圾讯息啦…

那些不算的，我说的是真的有意义的讯息。

所以当同样一天有两位朋友给我私讯，分享她们各自看到有意思、不同的文章时，我还真有那‘今天怎么了？’的感觉。

有位就只是说是有意思的好文章，要分享；另一位除了说是有意思外也说觉得我没什么干劲、积极性，希望可以激发我。

呃… 每个人都有自己的观点的…

几年前我变了，不再为工作卖命，我的健康和快乐才是最重要的。

不要认为自己那么的举足轻重，我们倒下或为公司送了命，公司也不过是替换另一名员工而已。

做事要认真和尽全力，做到自己可以的最好，那是对自己责任感和人品的交代，那是我认为对的人生态度。

但为了工作不吃午餐、为了加工不去运动、为了工作消耗自己的健康快乐… 不，不，不！

紧急的偶尔还可以接受，常常的话你就应该好好想想究竟原因何在？是不是时间管理不妥当？还是你自己放不下？

说我对工作没有热忱，也许吧？毕竟工作真的是没有和同事朋友互动、谈笑、玩东西那么有趣的，嘿嘿！ =P

我没有什么野心，只求简单平稳的生活，工作也不过是为了赚钱养家过活，只为工作却忘了生活有什么意思？

怎么都好，谢谢你们看到好文章会想要和我分享哦！

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Lost star

Mankind lost a bright star today, when Stephan Hawking, the renowned physicist, passed away.

This is an entry to show my respect, for his contribution in cosmology, and for his courage and triumph over amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that rare form of motor neurone disease, and the subsequent lost of his voice.

If someone bound to a wheelchair and rely on speech synthesizer can be so extraordinary, what excuse do we have?

Respect for the great man!

Sadly, the average intelligence of mankind took a hit today.

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Backlogs #18: Devil and Demon

Been a long while since I last posted a backlog.

Anyway, this screenshot is dated 28th of December 2015, it's not titled but after reading the content again, I am calling this "Devil and Demon".

The conversation between me and a colleague friend includes English, Malay, Mandarin and Hokkien, in a very broken language. Consider yourself warned. =P

I like honest and direct person, so easy to have a conversation. =)

This also reminded me that I stopped making and giving tiny birthday card by the end of 2015.

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Punctuality

Punctuality, a quality that is lacking in many people in my country, a real shame.

There are a few other attributes that are usually associated with people who is regularly not punctual, first of them is of course irresponsibility.

A responsible person will ensure he or she arrives at or before the predetermined time, as a responsible person takes account of his or her own actions.

Only a disrespectful, selfish and inconsiderate person will routinely disregard the others' time wasted waiting for him or her, as if the time of those waiting for him or her is not as precious as his or hers. That, of course, is also a sign of arrogance.

Tardiness also shows a lack of discipline, and a lack of organisational skill, incapable of planning and sticking to the plan.

Sadly, way too many of my countrymen are like this, and instead of putting in the effort to change to a better person, they rather just find lame excuses and stay the same.

How are we as a whole ever going to improve then?

A country with first world infrastructures, but with people of a third world attitude.

What a shame!

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天马行空：恍然大悟

我有一位一开始在这公司做工就认识的男性同事朋友。

他很厉害讲鸟话，而且什么东西事件都可以想歪、变得不正经、讲成暧昧和色色那种。

这样的特长还真的不是开玩笑的咯…

他没有结婚前几乎大伙的什么活动都会参与，结婚后就很少很少啦。

也不知道是拿不到准证还是嫌弃我们？

提起这事是因为以前大伙去唱歌总是有他，而且他最喜欢唱五月天的「突然好想你」。

一直到有一次他唱到一半他老婆打电话给他，问他是不是又再唱那首歌？

过后他就没有再唱那首歌，也很少很少参我们唱歌了…

所以我们还蛮好奇，让他唱得那么投入有感觉到他老婆不爽的那位突然好想的女生究竟是谁？

以前还在旧办公室时常常会有美眉找他，托他的福我们也有眼福，呵呵！

他也常讲起他认识的女生们（就是那么臭屁爱显），有一位他讲到好像是大学时的传奇人物那样，不时不时就会讲起。

到我们搬了办公室后我才认识那女生，是同事朋友招来一起打羽球的，原来也是同事。

多年后大家竟然都变成同一个部门的同事，所以会一起参与团队建设，一起去蛇喝下午茶什么的。

有一次我生病没去的团队建设，在午餐前有段空档时间，这两位男女同事朋友先到另一位同事朋友的新家。

然后就很即兴的唱歌。

然后就有人传送这两位男女同事朋友合唱「突然好想你」的视频。

欸… 不是不能唱的吗？

我常说，我的部落格是写实的，只有被标记为 「fictitious fiction」 和 「天马行空」 的文章才是有虚构或凭想象创作的成分的。

以上所叙述的都是写实，是真的发生过的事，这篇文章会被标志为「天马行空」，是因为接下来要讲的，有我自己的联想（用蓝色来辨别）。

几天前，大伙一起喝下午茶时，谈笑间有以下这些讯息：

这两位男女同事朋友，虽然只是间隔了一个办公位，但不是走哪几步过去公然交谈，而是用简讯的。

（可能只是懒到没药救，还是他们有很多不能公开的秘密？）

这两位男女同事朋友，认识对方比认识我还久，但他们各自的婚礼请了我，但都没有请对方。

（咦？做么这样的？是不是之前有什么关系所以邀去婚礼会尴尬不方便？）

（嗯… ）

（还有那视频… 他怎么又唱「突然好想你」了？即兴的安排所以老婆不知道？还是见到有感觉？）

（咦？时间上好像是男同事朋友结婚后，那女同事朋友开始和我们一起唱歌后他就不参与了… 因为她所以拿不到准证？）

（难道…  ）

（  …哦！）

我也常说，很多时候，不是能不能的问题，而是要不要的问题。

最近大伙总爱拿我来开玩笑，给我取花名、传谣言、歪曲我的原意什么的。

我说哦，我不是不能像你们那样，只是要不要而已，嘿嘿…

当然，这文章写的是我的逻辑推理而已，我那这么多年后恍然大悟的刹那。 =P

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No time to blog

I should really write something for the blog this weekend...

But I have been busy playing.

Hehehehe!

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