Imagine what you enjoyed most in life; I am thinking of
my interpreting sessions where I relayed the requests
of the Francophone visitors to South Africa to our own
Government - carrying a heavy bag with dictionaries -
Explaining for our visitors what their problems & needs
were and it was the best experience of my life, then we
went to the canine section and I had to explain the dog
training to our interested buyers - afterwards I realised
They never wanted to pay, only to receive gifts to meet
their needs since South Africa and Mandela were seen
as the Father Christmas of Africa: but oh, what great fun
to use my French knowledge to help them communicate
Their needs to our Government, afterwards I relayed their
passionate requests in the same tearful way in which they
were posed by our visitors; then I learned that interpreters
were supposed to be indifferent - totally cold, relaying all
Words in an emotionless, ice-cold, mechanical way - but
I am glad that I interpreted before I knew the scientific
theory of unfeeling - robotic - meaningless relay!
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Personal, Subjective Reality
A wonderful working weekend with dusting and cleaning, the
blinds also - doing some ironing while listening to my favourite
guru explaining everything is working out - and it is - the only
problem is me - even after reading my favourite author I feel
Dissatisfied - it’s clear accomplishment has no lasting value -
thus it’s a problem how to enjoy tonight while dreaming of the
good times: could I ever explain the joy I felt while working, in
such a way that others enjoy the passionate delight I felt in
My own heart, & reading my favourite author, Terry Pratchett
where he explains the philosopher 'Heidehollen' spoke of the
‘quantum fluctuations in the fabric of space-time’ - now I have
confirmation that my memories of my interpretations are still
Alive and will be forever within these quantum fluctuations -
it is joyous to realise: this is my personal, subjective reality!
[Terry Pratchett, “The Truth” - p 162 - Published 2000 by
Doubleday, Transworld Publishers]
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