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Posted on July 30th, 2007 No commentsDigging through my endless archives, I turned up this fun e-mail from early 2004.
For those who have followed the translation scene for some time, you might remember The Whirlpool, a translation news site that byuu and I had a longstanding feud with. Well, more with its two creators and maintainers: Spinner 8 and (wraith).
In 2004, the site was lagging on updates, and they started taking applications for new writers; on a dare, I sent one in.
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Derrick Sobodash is a copy editor and freelance journalist covering culture, history and technology in Beijing, China.
Originally from the Detroit, Michigan area, he has worked at weekly and daily community newspapers as reporter and copy editor in both the US and China, and has covered niche topics for nationally published magazines.
His photographs have been used in Schmapp!! and are often used in NowPublic stories related to Beijing life.
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