Lost in translation
Posted on May 30, 2008 @ 12:38 pm

There’s an important facilitation that is being done for all of the teams. Our coordinator sent an e-mail to the Paris office asking questions about the room and equipment.

To the Paris Conference Center,

We have the room booked on the Xth of JuneXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. The audience in Internal. I sent an email earlier in the week with no reply…please let me know if there is someone else I should contact?

We would like to confirm with you the following:

• Projector & Screen (AV)
• Flip Chart in the room (pens)
• Speaker availability - Do you have speakers available for sound?
• Room Flexibility? - Can we have it set up as U-Shaped or Classroom Style? Is there a room coordinator who helps with the room set-up?

Your help is much appreciated. XXX is our contact in France for this course.

Kindest regards,

XXX

The first sentence of the reply back had me laughing so hard I was crying.

Hello XXX,

Unfortunately we aren’t concerned by your request.

A fart in our general direction indeed.

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One Response
Amity Says:

Oh, how VERY French of them. LOL

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