Per Bergvall Jul 21, 2005:

Employment issues being a complex field that touches the basic living situation of people and their families, I think they deserve the respect we can offer by saying 'No, you should take this to a properly qualified translator'. That's what I'd have done.

Per Bergvall Jul 21, 2005:

..place, and b) end up assisting without compensation. We all get stuck with the odd tricky term, and the forum is a god thing to have around, but (I believe) it was never meant to help translators stray outside their fields or language pairs.

Per Bergvall Jul 21, 2005:

Hi again - I am not bothered, and I see your points. There is always the danger that this forum and the Kudoz facility is misused by someone who isn't a properly qualified translator, at the expense of those who a) should have got the job in the first...

Non-ProZ.com Jul 21, 2005:

I'm sorry if I bothered you, Per. As you have already noticed, I know I'm not a competent translator of Norwegian, and despite that, I was given this small job just because of my reading knowledge of Norwegian. And I'm away from my dictionary-filled home right now, that's why I asked a lot of questions in a row to verify my fading memory. But I promise this kind of post-flooding will never happen again.

Per Bergvall Jul 21, 2005:

You have just posted eight questions of a very basic nature. Are you sure you should be doing this translation at all? Are you qualified?