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Re: Classic Space Factory
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:30:09 GMT
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Translating is hard work! But I am multilingual, so I figured I'd alleviate
the wait a bit - at least for the first page. Here's my (subjective and in
no way official) translation.
Space Factory
I have never believed that a legend such as the LL 928 could have been
created in a drafty room in Bilund.
There has to be something larger. A subspace dock, 1200 studs wide.
Or a dimension in which blue, grey, and transparent yellow atoms
randomly bob around until -- with a loud bang -- the best page of the
1980 Lego catalog is created.
Don't you agree?
If anyone wants me to translate more you can pay me in transparent yellow
sloped windows! :)
-- Marc
In lugnet.space, Rick Clark writes:
> If I had to guess at an interpretation, I'd try:
>
> - I have never truly believed the story that a legendary [space set such as]
> - LL928 could spontaneously appear in a drafty Billund factory. There must be
> - something larger [behind its appearance]. Like a 1200-stud-wide sub-space
> - dock. Or another dimension in which blue, gray, and transparent yellow atoms
> - collide causing a Big Bang, culminating in the best page of the 1980 LEGO
> - catalog.
> - Or...?
>
> Well, am I close?
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> I look forward to the official translation, but no rush! I have a new
> appreciation of the difficulty in translating between languages!
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> Thanks!
>
> Rick Clark
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hi Marc, yes, that's the content, and you're even close at the official translation. With your permission I'll use it to create my English text. How many windows will I have to send you? :-) Kind regards, Fred (22 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Whew! That explains why even typing the text into the web translators wasn't much help! For the first image, I got the following (after adding spaces to the middle of a few words that were confusing the translator): - I have never believed in (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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