Tribhashi Consultant

03/06/2026

I was assigned a translation of research paper from English into Marathi. When I sent a draft of 56 pages there was no need to provide my NAATI's digital stamp and was promised the payment of more than 4000 Euros. Then I was asked to send an invoice to which I did.

To my surprise, a demand of 150 Euros came through for receiving the payment of my pending salary from the above email address for a refundable deposit, for the Company Management Membership ID card. Then it was negotiated to 100 Euros instead. I started getting suspicious so checked if this was a scam. I wrote to Toptal company's and my suspicion turned out to be a confirmed scam. I have been lucky enough to ignore that demand because the suggestion was to pay via Skrill, Bitcoin or gift card.

This message is to alarm my colleagues that work as NAATI Certified or Recognised Practising translators or interpreters to note and stop responding to this email address.

23/01/2025

A video of my interview is available for public viewing on Saturday 14 Dec at 9am AEST on YouTube channel.
‘Sameer in conversation with Manalini Kane & Lieutenant Colonel Sandeep Jadhav
https://lnkd.in/gWanZ3g2
This video will be hosted on YouTube channel forever.
So people can watch it anytime from any part of the world
Sameer in conversation with Manalini Kane & Lieutenant Colonel Sandeep Jadhav
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07/05/2024

I translated the following English version of ‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - ‘The Little Prince, 1943’ in Marathi, inspired by my batchmate of MA English from Pune University.

English version: (Seems to be a translation of some other/ unfamiliar language.)
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For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems… But all these stars are silent. You-You alone will have stars as no one else has them… In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars will be laughing when you look at the sky at night. You, only you, will have stars that can laugh! And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me… You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure… It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh.”
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My free translation in Marathi follows:

तारे असती सखे सोबती, पथदर्शक पथिकासी,
लुकलुकते दिवे भासती अंबरी, जे दुर्गम इतरेजनांसी,
कूट प्रश्ण भंडावती सदा, पंडित वा तज्ञांसी,
तुज एकट्यासी गवसतील तारे, जरी नि:शब्द जनमानसासी!

खास वसेन मी एखाद्या ताऱ्यात, केवळ तुजसाठी,
स्मितहास्य लेऊनी, खुशी प्रदान करण्यासाठी!
एकाग्र चित्ती जेव्हा न्याहाळशील, तारे गगनी रात्री,
तुझ्या अन् केवळ तुझ्या, भाग्यवंता, पडेल हास्यदान पदरी!

व्यथा सारूनी, त्वरित उमगशील, भान विसरोनी
समाधाने नि:श्वास सोडशील, नवमैत्रीच्या या जाणिवेनी,
माझा बनूनी सांगाती, कळी उमलेल, सुहास्य वदनी,
मैत्री आपली बहरो, स्मरूनी हेच रात्रंदिनी!

गवाक्षे न्याहाळिता, किणकिणत्या घंटा निनादतील, हेच सुनिश्चित करण्यासी,
मनोरंजनासी बहाल होते केले जे घुंगूरवाळे, ओठांची घडी सहज मोडण्यासी!
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@मनालिनी काणे
18 एप्रिल २०२४

20/08/2021

Kite flying - I could not believe in the following via google search:
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‘Believe it or not, it is an offence in Victoria to fly a kite to 'the annoyance of any person' in a public place with a maximum penalty of a $777 fine. Not withstanding this law, there are plenty of places in Melbourne to fly a kite where you won't even get close to annoying anyone, even very grumpy people’.
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I recall my childhood when we enjoyed flying kites for hours and hours together with my brothers and cousins. After reading the above, I felt like sharing a following monologue as a child to establish how lessons for life are learned from playtimes like these.

29/05/2021

A lesson learned
By Tribhashi Consultant

I have been working in the translation industry for more than thirty years now, with no major issues till the beginning of 2021.
Indians, especially from the Maharashtrian community living in Mumbai/Pune have ditched me after sending a draft of their assigned jobs. As usual, I sent them 'the set procedure' as soon as I got the query. The important part of that document, as I mention is - 'Unless I work on a draft, I cannot give the exact quote', simply because the translation from Indian languages to English has a totally different word count and complexity of language in the legal documents is at times quite challenging.
Two clients, one from Mumbai and the other one from Pune gave me a draft of their own translation where I had to edit a lot to make it practical for the standards expected in Australia as they were planning to enroll in various courses here. After I sent them a draft with the exact charges, they stopped responding and did not pay the dues. Even after several reminders they totally ignored my emails. Professionals like those types behave unprofessionally when it comes to payment in Australian dollars... (maybe). Have you had any experience like this? Or do you know of any methods I can use to recover the dues?
I used to believe in the integrity of individuals but no more! A lesson I learned at the loss of $300.00 is, to demand advance payment from overseas clients, no matter where they come from. However, no Australian client has ditched me so far, but do you expect advance payment from every client?
Please do respond, especially if you are from any agency or a practicing translator... I may have to change my practice...
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