Monday, March 30, 2009

The Parabale of 600 Miles

Each cyclist must have at least three things to ride 600 miles: 1) training, 2) equipment, and 3) perseverance. We will need the physical training to make sure we are capable of riding 100 miles a day, six days in a row. We will need the proper bikes, or we will become exhausted and never finish. And we will need the bull-headed endurance to finish the course.

Since the beginning of planning for this ride, I have been struck by the similarities between this and what a translator needs to do his work. It's a gigantic metaphor. In coming blog entries, I will show the correlations. Stay tuned.

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