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To panic or not to panic (English/Dutch)

I'm working in a maritime company and my colleague sent us the whereabouts of the vessels. For some odd reason I read the text lost in Algiers in English, so I started to worry slightly because this meant a lot of trouble and a lot of work. It took a while before I realised that the text was actually in my native Dutch and just meant that the vessel was 'discharging', just as it should ...

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