Epilogue
Violet. Assess.
“I will try, but it looks like I will need some additional information.”
Raseuse arrête, valet de Tsar bat loups. Joues gare et suite, un sot voyou.1
1. See d’Antin van Rooten (1980).
“Hmm. The Chinese use a proverb, hu kou ba ya. It literally means ‘pulling teeth from a tiger’s mouth.’ Are you able to provide some context?”
Time passes. Work ensues. Progress is finally made.
“Violet—it is blue in color.”2
2. In business, not everything is as it seems. To help make the point, the sentence, Raseuse arrête, valet de Tsar bat loups... is not what it appears. Namely, the language is not French. To anybody not fluent in French, it may appear like it is a sentence written in French. But, it is not.
However, if the sentence is read and pronounced using French phonetics, it reads as an English sentence. Therefore, if the sentence is pronounced using French phonetics, you will hear the nursery rhyme in English: “Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
In conclusion, while working in the world of data quality, diligence and perseverance remain essential human qualities.