ESL's sm
Posted By: Seasoned Survivor on 2008-01-06
In Reply to: I do a lot of ESLs too and I can actually take - me
I too have my share of complaints about ESL's or chuckle at some of the stuff that comes out of those mouths sometimes, but truth be told, if I had not suffered the blood, sweat and tears with trying to figure them out by fast forwarding through the rest of the report when necessary, I would not have gained the knowledge under my belt that I have now. It's HARD work, not for the lazy or faint hearted. There is crying, headache and chest pain with some of these guys. I am not going to judge whether they could do better and learn the language or not. All I am going to say is that it makes you a valuable asset to the profession to be able to transcribe almost anything that comes your way. It's an honor sometimes to know nothing can stump you. It slows you down, yes, indeed, but you know how to do something not everyone off the street knows how to do. Now, that's a valuable commodity that no one can take away from you - you earned it. I too am 4 different nationalities and proud of it. I can tell you, one of the hardest times I had was with the guys from "across the pond" in England. "This young chap was engaged in a fisticuff a fortnight ago." I had a hard time figuring out this guy was in an altercation (or plain "fight" two weeks ago.) It takes all kinds and it would be very boring of we all spoke the same. I b **ch and moan like everyone else, but I love the challenge! IMHO
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