Translation Blues

 When I took my road test, I was told that the certified translation of my Chinese Driver's License had expired.  I had had it done 14 months before and it apparently, it was only good for a year.  The lady at MPI dealing with me said she would see if the highers-up would accept it or not.  I assumed that these people would exercise some common sense and just accept it.  But they didn't.

This morning I got a phone call from Manitoba Public Insurance and they told me the translation was rejected.  I asked immediately if this meant I couldn't drive.  No, they told me, but they would designate me as in the process of getting a new translation done.  They told me to contact Immigration centers and the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Manitoba and get the translation.

The instructions were more easily given than could be followed. Looking on the Internet, I could find no listings for translators.  The Association of Translators and Interpreters of Manitoba had a phone number that is now out of order. Their site listed people with email addresses.  Not much help as I was impatient to get it done.  The West Man Immigration Center in Brandon doesn't provide the service.  Then after asking acquantances,  I was told that they there were certified translators in Winnipeg.  But trying to get a hold of them in human form is of course not easy.

Kafka.