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Thread poster: Riens Middelhof
Riens Middelhof
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Netherlands
Local time: 14:17
Spanish to Dutch
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Oct 12, 2009

Hi all,

I was contacted to translate a text, consisting of aprox. 1000 words from Dutch into Spanish, supposedly by a well-established agency in Fort Lauderdale, FL. In reality the email is from somebody based in Egypt who uses the name of this agency.

I know other translators have been contacted to translate the text into 11 other languages which are mentioned in the text. If you´ve seen the text you know what I´m talking about.

Please contact me as soo... See more
Hi all,

I was contacted to translate a text, consisting of aprox. 1000 words from Dutch into Spanish, supposedly by a well-established agency in Fort Lauderdale, FL. In reality the email is from somebody based in Egypt who uses the name of this agency.

I know other translators have been contacted to translate the text into 11 other languages which are mentioned in the text. If you´ve seen the text you know what I´m talking about.

Please contact me as soon as possible in order to inform the end-client.

Thanks!

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