12-20-2005, 02:45 AM
Here is a brief article that I have to translate into English. Is there a native speaker who can correct any mistakes? Thanks!!
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Dutch archaeologists are disreputable characters, according to a spokesperson of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, on 12 December 2005.
After the wreck of an eighteenth-century Dutch trading vessel, carrying a load of silver, had been identified off the British shore, the discoverers got in touch with the Ministry and the Dutch National Service for Archaeological Heritage. At this level, it was decided that Dutch archaeologists were not to be invited to investigate the derelict, because, according to the spokesperson, “we were afraid that disreputable characters would dive for treasureâ€ÂÂ
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Dutch archaeologists are disreputable characters, according to a spokesperson of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, on 12 December 2005.
After the wreck of an eighteenth-century Dutch trading vessel, carrying a load of silver, had been identified off the British shore, the discoverers got in touch with the Ministry and the Dutch National Service for Archaeological Heritage. At this level, it was decided that Dutch archaeologists were not to be invited to investigate the derelict, because, according to the spokesperson, “we were afraid that disreputable characters would dive for treasureâ€ÂÂ