Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 25th March 2006

Dilbert//6188, first published twenty years ago on Saturday 25th March 2006

Tags

outsourcing language translation trade off cheap money

Official transcript

My Elbonian factory can manufacture your product for pennies. "Is there any downside?"

"Minor translation issues."

"They either said 'plastic' or 'the spleen of a pig-footed bandicoot.'"

"We don't have any plastic."

SPLEENS

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MY ELBONIAN FACTORY CAN MANUFACTURE YOUR PRODUCT FOR PENNIES.

IS THERE ANY DOWNSIDE?

MINOR TRANSLATION ISSUES THEY EITHER SAID "PLASTIC" OR "THE SPLEEN OF A PIG - FOOTED BANDICOOT." WE DON T HAVE ANY PLASTIC.

SPLEENS

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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