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Excuses for not doing your homework in 9 languages

Anna Allgaier
Anna Allgaier
10.08.23 (updated more than 1 year ago)
Read time 2 minutes

I bet you’re wondering why I’m here helping you get out of your homework. What’s that got to do with Wise? Let me enlighten you ✨

You may or may not be familiar with the Wise mission:

Money without borders - instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free. We’re powering money for people and businesses: to pay, to get paid, to spend, in any currency, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing.

Wise is all about that international life, trying to make hidden fees illegal, giving you the best value for your money, and building the products and features you need to make the world less of a whirlwind and more of a cool, easy breeze.

But now, please draw your attention to the word instant. Wise knows your time’s precious. You’ve got things to do, places to be, people to see. That’s why we make our transfers as speedy as possible. (57% of them are totally instant, the rest typically take 1-2 days unless your recipient's bank takes their sweet time, or something out of our hands pops up. More on how long transfers take here).

That’s also why I’m going to help you get out of your homework assignments.

You’re all obviously globetrotters studying abroad, or taking a class in another language. So, I’ve compiled a list of excuses in different languages for you with the help of my colleagues at Wise.

You can thank me later. Or don’t, because you may get in trouble.

Make fees go away too

The excuses

Portuguese 🇵🇹

I’m sorry, I couldn’t do my homework, I got frostbite and have temporarily lost use of all my fingers.

Desculpe, não consegui fazer minha lição de casa, porque todos os meus dedos congelaram e não posso usá-los.

German 🇩🇪

No, I didn't do my homework. I believe in a work-life balance and this didn’t subscribe to my value system.

Nein, ich konnte meine Hausaufgaben nicht machen. Ich glaube an eine gute Work-Life-Balance und Hausaufgaben passen da nicht rein.

Serbian 🇷🇸

I already handed it in. OMG did you lose my project? It took me a week to do.

Već sam ga predala. O moj bože, da li ste izgubili moj domaći? Trebalo mi je nedelju dana da ga završim.

Irish 🇮🇪

I’m so sorry. I went to see Oppenheimer and didn’t realise it was three hours long.

Tá brón orm. Chuaigh me go dtí Oppenheimer agus níor thuig mé go raibh sé 3 uair.

Czech 🇨🇿

I was really looking forward to this essay but my Wifi router overheated and exploded and I couldn't do any research.

Opravdu jsem chtěl(a) napsat tuhle esej, ale bohužel se mi přehrál wifi router a následně explodoval, takže jsem nemohl(a) ani začít.

Hungarian 🇭🇺

I’m sorry, I couldn’t do my homework, somebody stole my library card.

Elnézést, de nem tudtam házit írni, mert valaki ellopta a könyvtári kártyámat.

French 🇫🇷

I just wasn't in the right headspace to do the essay, and I didn't want to insult you by handing something half-baked in.

Je n'étais pas dans le bon état d'esprit pour faire l'essai, et je ne voulais pas vous insulter en soumettant quelque chose à moitié finie.

Hindi 🇮🇳

I actually wasn't in the class last week so have no idea what you’re talking about.

मैं पिछले हफ्ते क्लास में नहीं था, इसलिए मुझे कोई अंदाज़ा नहीं है कि आप किस बारे में बात कर रहे हैं

The language of honesty

Just be honest?

If your reason for not having done your assignment sounds like “ I didn't do it, because I didn’t want to” then I suggest steering clear of this one.

There’s no excuse for excess fees

Lots of payment providers and banks mark up their fees to pocket a penny or two when you make a transfer and even claim their transfers are free or low and hide the fact they aren’t with higher exchange rates. Here’s the amount of money people lost in four continents between August 2017 and March 2023.

Europe 🇪🇺

€12.5 billion

Canada 🇨🇦

$13 billion

The USA 🇺🇸

$8.7 billion

The UK 🇬🇧

£5.6 billion

Australia 🇦🇺

$3.1 billion

Wise isn’t about that life 💅

  • We don’t mark anything up
  • We’ve worked hard to bring you the smallest transfer fee available
  • We keep everything transparent with our Currency Converter calculator so you see exactly what you’re paying and what your recipient will receive
  • We have a competitor comparison tool so you can be certain you’re getting the best deal whenever you make a transfer
  • We have an exchange rate alert system so you can get updates when rates fluctuate and send your money at the best possible time
  • A lot more stuff you can check out here…

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