translating

i could translate from Mandarin to English. not a piece of cake for me, coz translating itself is hard. but i've gotta say i do a decent job at it.

but from English to Mandarin? it's a b****
google translator is unreliable. even the English-Mandarin dictionary doesn't help.
blame myself for not reading enough Mandarin stuff ever since i graduated from high school.
i feel like i've gone back to primary school again, flipping dictionaries trying to find the best words and phrases.
at times like these i curse my perfectionism. but then again, we can't take language lightly.

arghhhh!!!