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101 Results for Language
View 41 - 50 results for language comic strips. Discover the best "Language" comics from Dilbert.com.
Saturday March 25,
2006
Tags outsourcing, language, translation, trade off, cheap, money
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
Tuesday March 28,
2006
Tags outsourcing, language, time zone, time, fatigue, confusion
Transcript
"After seeing the Elbonian mp3 player prototype I scheduled a conference call." "Because of the time difference, the call was at 3 AM. I was groggy and they barely speak any English, but I think we got everything worked out." "He was right. It does look better with the speakers."
Tuesday September 12,
2006
Monday September 18,
2006
Monday September 17,
2007
Tags vp of marketing, describe prodcut, marketing language, overheat, hottest prodcut, know carcinigens, appreciate life!
Transcript
Dogbert, the VP of marketing Dogbert: "Describe your product in technical terms and I'll turn it into marketing language." Alice: "Well, it tends to overheat." Dogbert: "'hottest product on the market!'" Alice: "All the parts are known carcinogens." Dogbert: "Makes you appreciate life!"
Tuesday May 13,
2008
Tags make copies, mental task, bloated cadaver, staple or no, asks secretary
Transcript
Asok: Our boss asked me to make some copies. But I fear doing such a menial task will brand me as unimportant." Asok: I was hoping you could make the copies for me since your career is already a bloated cadaver If I am reading your body language correctly, you are wondering 'staple or no staple?'"
Monday December 06,
2010
Tags body language, at odds with words, endocrine system, shutting down, interrupted boss, crazy, psychotic episode
Transcript
Asok says, "Am I interrupting anything important?" Asok says, "Oh no. I have seen this before. You are preparing to put your body language at odds with your words!" The Boss says, "I always have time for my least important employee." Asok says, "My endocrine system is shutting down!"
Sunday April 17,
2011
Tags business ethics, language, best shore, off shore, some countries, better than others, racists
Transcript
Boss: And we plan to bestshore the production. Dilbert: What? Boss: We say bestshore now instead of offshore. Dilbert: Is that because we never tried to pick the best shore until now? Boss: Of course we tried to pick the best shore! Dilbert: But we never succeeded because we're incompetent? Boss: All I'm saying is that some countries are better than others! Wally: We're racists?
Friday May 20,
2011
Tags computers & peripherals, language, no longer undertsnd, employees, to of touch, technology, gravitons, warp drive, rebalanced, subspace responders, business
Transcript
Boss: I no longer understand anything my employees say. I must be so out of touch with technology that I don't even recognize the words. Wally: I flushed the gravitons out of the warp drive and rebalanced the subspace responders.
Friday September 16,
2011
Tags conversation, language, positive feel, power cables, insulated
Transcript
Boss: Avoid saying "unfortunately" when you talk to customers. Say instead, "as it turns out." That has a more positive feel. Dilbert: As it turns out, our power cables aren't as insulated as we had hoped.

