Translation is a notoriously thankless profession: there is absolutely no money in it; it involves a severe submersion of the self into another; the hours are long and you get about as much recognition for your efforts as the telephone repairman. |
Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter. |
What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next? |
You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring. |