Two men make cups of tea in a staff room at a company near Crystal Palace, south London
Bruce: Are we still waiting to OK the translated copy?Darren: Yes, but it shouldn’t be a problem.Bruce: The French are tricky. You know how tricky they can be.Darren: We’re getting the best translation possible.Bruce: You didn’t use that translation service that made The Mistake? I don’t know how it slipped through but it can’t happen again.Darren: They were too literal.Bruce: It was so literal it became sexually explicit.Darren: Funny how that happens.Bruce: I had never heard of that slang word before.Darren: Nor had the translator.Bruce: But the French had. That’s the problem. The French weren’t happy.
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