5.19.2006

At work we are asked to watch a film noir starring Luke Miner as a detective. Between reels, the film is interrupted for an announcement: Luke Miner has been involved in a fatal car crash. It is not known if he lived or died. We immediately receive a lengthy accident report in English, which my boss is anxious to have translated into French so it can be sent out to the Francophone press. I volunteer for the job but then realize that my French is nowhere near good enough. But we have no one else. I get to work then to save the life of Luke Miner, word by word.

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