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Translation by Abubakar Aden Hassan (#28879)

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I began the revision and realized that it was a humongous pile of excrement produced by Gurgle!

Nonetheless, I delivered a perfect translation... but the customer had my sublime work edited by some illiterate jerk who ruined it!

And they published online my now-defective translation alongside my name!

Waxaan bilaabay dib-u-fiirinta oo waxaan xaqiiqsaday inay ahayd rakhiis aad u fara badan oo uu soo saaray Gurgle!

Si kastaba ha noqotee, waxaan keenay turjumaad sax ah ... laakiin macmiilka shaqadayda cajiibka ah waxaa badallay qaar ka mid ah kuwa an waxba akhrin karin ee burburay!

waxayna ku daabaceen khadka tarjumada ee cilladaysan ee hadda jira iyada oo uu weheliyo magacayga


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