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| | | | Mary Worby 
United Kingdom
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| polskiexpert
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a very smart survey:)
can we have more surveys like that?
Marcin
| | | | mustafaer
Türkiye
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| Muphry's law is an adage that states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading | Mar 22, 2011 |
Muphry's law is an adage that states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written". The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law".
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Adnan Özdemir
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Quote from Wikipedia:
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Muphry's law is an adage that states that "if you write anything criticizing, editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law."
Similar laws have also been coined, usually in the context of online communication, under names including Skitt's Law,[1] Hartman's Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation (or The Law of Prescriptive Retaliati... See more Quote from Wikipedia:
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Muphry's law is an adage that states that "if you write anything criticizing, editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law."
Similar laws have also been coined, usually in the context of online communication, under names including Skitt's Law,[1] Hartman's Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation (or The Law of Prescriptive Retaliation)[1] and McKean's Law.[2][3] Further variations state that flaws in a printed or published work will only be discovered after it is printed and not during proofreading[4], and flaws such as spelling errors in a sent email will be discovered by the sender only during its subsequent retrieval by her/him from the "Sent" box for rereading.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law
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yes, yes, yessssssss
Anadolu'dan selamlar
Saludos desde Anatolia
[Edited at 2011-03-22 09:03 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Mustafa Er (BSc MA) wrote:
Muphry's law is an adage that states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written". The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law".
As usual, Murphy/Muphry is completely right! 
| | | | | „Murphys Gesetz“ | Mar 22, 2011 |
Allgemeine Gesetzmäßigkeiten nach „Murphys Gesetz“
1. Wenn etwas schiefgehen kann, dann geht es schief.
2. Wenn etwas auf verschiedene Arten schiefgehen kann, dann geht es immer auf die Art schief, die am meisten Schaden verursacht.
3. Hat man alle Möglichkeiten ausgeschlossen, bei denen etwas schiefgehen kann, eröffnet sich sofort eine neue Möglichkeit.
4. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein bestimmtes Ereignis eintritt, ist umgekehrt proportion... See more Allgemeine Gesetzmäßigkeiten nach „Murphys Gesetz“
1. Wenn etwas schiefgehen kann, dann geht es schief.
2. Wenn etwas auf verschiedene Arten schiefgehen kann, dann geht es immer auf die Art schief, die am meisten Schaden verursacht.
3. Hat man alle Möglichkeiten ausgeschlossen, bei denen etwas schiefgehen kann, eröffnet sich sofort eine neue Möglichkeit.
4. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein bestimmtes Ereignis eintritt, ist umgekehrt proportional zu seiner Erwünschtheit.
5. Früher oder später wird die schlimmstmögliche Verkettung von Umständen eintreten.
6. Wenn etwas zu gut erscheint, um wahr zu sein, ist es das wahrscheinlich auch.
7. Wenn etwas nicht schiefgegangen zu sein scheint, dann wurde der Fehler lediglich noch nicht entdeckt, wodurch alles nur noch schlimmer wird.
8. Geht etwas nicht schief, so tritt sofort Regel 1 in Kraft.
Das sind die Tage, an denen schon morgens ein Schnürsenkel reißt.... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Eser Perkins
Türkiye
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I've been there, like most of us.
I try my best, but who can escape the law?)
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Eser Perkins
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SITE LOCALIZER | One more quote from Wikipedia: | Mar 22, 2011 |
"The law, as set out by Bangsund, states that:
(a) if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written;
(b) if an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book;
(c) the stronger the sentiment expressed in (a) and (b), the greater the fault;
(d) any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent."
... See more "The law, as set out by Bangsund, states that:
(a) if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written;
(b) if an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book;
(c) the stronger the sentiment expressed in (a) and (b), the greater the fault;
(d) any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent."
Cruel, no?
But there are things to learn at least:
"Muphry's Law also dictates that, if a mistake is as plain as the nose on your face, everyone can see it but you. Your readers will always notice errors in a title, in headings, in the first paragraph of anything, and in the top lines of a new page. These are the very places where authors, editors and proofreaders are most likely to make mistakes." ▲ Collapse
| | | | Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 15:47
What carpenter has never banged the hammer on his/her thumb instead of the nail?
| | | | | ...And in high-sounding counsel to others, such as ... | Mar 22, 2011 |
Eser Perkins wrote:
"The law, as set out by Bangsund, states that:
(a) if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written;
(b) if an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book;
(c) the stronger the sentiment expressed in (a) and (b), the greater the fault;
(d) any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent."
Cruel, no?
But there are things to learn at least:
"Muphry's Law also dictates that, if a mistake is as plain as the nose on your face, everyone can see it but you. Your readers will always notice errors in a title, in headings, in the first paragraph of anything, and in the top lines of a new page. These are the very places where authors, editors and proofreaders are most likely to make mistakes."
... and in high-sounding counsel to others, such as: "In conclusion, people, before you clutz something up, please always stop and THIMK; and be sure to proof your work!"
| | | | mustafaer
Türkiye
Local time: 17:47
Member (2005)
| In consideration of all views above I have concluded Translation is knowledge which can't be learned | Mar 22, 2011 |
Which proves again Translation is knowledge which can't be learned at schools.
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| File attachments | Mar 22, 2011 |
There must be a subsection about the more important the pitch being made, the greater the probability that you will forget to attach a file to an e-mail.
Egg on your face.
Noni
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:47
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| To err is human | Mar 22, 2011 |
so that's a big yes.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
[Edited at 2011-03-22 11:28 GMT]
| | | | Chun Un
Macau
Member (2007)
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| Yes, many times... | Mar 22, 2011 |
by the way, I also work as an editor.
[Edited at 2011-03-22 10:30 GMT]
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