Today I gave a lecture on the rise and fall of the field machine translation to students who major in French.

“This is a real live representative of the field,” the students’ professor kept saying. “Ask all of your questions now while she is still with us.”

This made me feel like I was not expected to live much longer.

6 responses to “Enjoy Me While I’m Still With You”

  1. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    Most likely the professor made that comment since you were just visiting the class temporarily (since you teach Spanish and not French I presume?). But still…

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Of course, that’s what she meant. But it sounded kind of. . . disturbing. 🙂 🙂

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      1. JE Avatar
        JE

        Maybe she has plans for you

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

          I hope they include giving me tenure since she is on the tenure committee.

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