Mensonge Correspondence

Dear Committee,

I cannot correct a translation when nobody will supply the original. I can correct the previous translation, but this is not the same activity, however strongly the funding form may imply that it is.

Please also stop describing my punctuation as “interpretative”. The semicolon on page four is either there or it is not.

K. Mensonge

Dear Dr Mensonge,

Thank you for your helpful observations. The Committee would be grateful if you could return the corrected translation by Friday. We appreciate that the original remains unavailable, but do not believe this should delay completion of the correction.

With best wishes,
The Committee

There was never an original.