Oops, I forgot the attachment — click on the image to enlarge.
See this comic strip in Spanish.
Is this also one of your nightmares as a translator? Does this happen to you very often? Share your story!
See more cartoons in Translators’ nightmares series:
- “Blackouts“
- “Meet your colleague, Macheine Transleith”
- “Just this one tiny favor”
- “A translator at the Tattoo Shop”
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My trick to not forget to attach files is to attach them as soon as I write “Attached please find…”. That way, it’s done and I can focus on the rest of the e-mail without having to worry about remembering to do it before hitting “Send”.
Fall greetings from Germany
Anke 🙂
Happens quiet often, especially when you want to relax after a tiring job. You send, sit down, enjoy your time and bumm! You suddenly realise you didn’t attach the file.
Attach the file first, then concentrate on composing an e-mail message.
Cheers from Israel
Dmitry
Sounds familiar… 😉
Luckily, I use Thunderbird as my mail program, and this nice little program reminds me when I write something like “CV” or “Attachment” that I have not attached anything…. saved me quite a few Oops mails!
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I actually climb out of bed to double-check that I have attached the files every time I send these emails before going to bed to be on time for next morning’s deadlines. :o)
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an very long comment but after I
clicked submit my comment didn’t appear.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted
to say wonderful blog!
Thank you so much. If they were good things about the blog I’d be delighted to hear them. Now I’m curious…
Thanks for the marvelous posting! I definitely enjoyed reading it, you might be a great author.I will always bookmark your blog and will eventually come back
later in life. I want to encourage you to continue your
great work, have a nice weekend!