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Subject: 
Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
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lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 22:06:41 GMT
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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 20:20:42 GMT, "Carbon 60" <carbon60@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

> Maybe we should try to persuade Todd to integrate some translation software
> into this newsgroup.  I've added lugnet.admin.general

I'd rather not.. Translation software is kind of icky in general, and
copyright issues I think would make automated translation a rather
expensive proposition.

At most a URL to babelfish or something like that.

> Unfortunately I can only do English, the French of an 8 year old and very
> limited German, probably aged 3.  Why do they teach French instead of German in
> UK schools - German is much more useful.

Ah, but the French have been at war with the English far more than the
Germans.

Jasper



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  Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
 
(...) software (...) I agree. Look at this experiment (babelfish): Your original sentence: "I'd rather not.. Translation software is kind of icky in general, and copyright issues I think would make automated translation a rather expensive (...) (27 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
  Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
 
In article <38b45681.435745144@...gnet.com>, jasper@janssen.dynip.com says... (...) I thought that might be a problem but I asked anyway. (...) Maybe difficult when trying to read whole threads but it'll do for now. (...) More reasons not to (...) (27 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
 
(...) Maybe we should try to persuade Todd to integrate some translation software into this newsgroup. I've added lugnet.admin.general (...) Unfortunately I can only do English, the French of an 8 year old and very limited German, probably aged 3. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)

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