In filling out our adoption application, we have encountered a few lost in translation moments.
Our official application is in French, but we have a "helpful" English translation to guide our answers.
Some of the questions don't apply to us (like what chiefdom we belong to and our family rank). Others were difficult to understand, but manageable.
But one question left me totally stumped.
The question, in its English translation, is "Do you have any moveable and immoveable where?"
Hmmm. Our car moves. Our house doesn't.
Our arms and legs move. Their location is obvious.
My lips move while I am talking. Their location is on my face, but my face is wherever my body is, so yes, they are moveable and immoveable.
Perhaps moveable housing? We have a tent that we can move from place to place.
After pondering this dilemma I wrote an email to our adoption coordinator and told her I could not decipher this question.
Her response?
No one can. Leave it blank.
A relief, but I would really like to know what on earth this question is getting at.
Any ideas?
1 comment:
Huh...maybe it means are you planning to move, and to where? What are the questions immediately preceding and following that one? this is a fun little mystery!
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