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In article <Fn18nI.81s@lugnet.com>, mario.ferrari@edis.it says... (...) Spanish is taught in some schools as the easier option for the educationally challenged :-) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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In article <38b85aeb.436875145@...gnet.com>, jasper@janssen.dynip.com says... (...) That's what I meant in a way - you would really have to standardize in the local currency of the location. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:TBHRscA2fTX4Ewy...n.co.uk... (...) UK would be more appropriate I think, since it would give a chance to visit Legoland, which would be a very nice experience at all. Selçuk (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) If you're going to hold it in the UK, standardize on pounds. I don't think if you come to a country you can assume they'll accept your currency. Setting up shop near a Bank, Change-booth, or ATM may be a good idea, though ;) Jasper (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) 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. (...) Ah, but the French have (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Speaking of which, I'm going to be (mostly) offline till the 6th of January - my girlfriend is coming over from Toronto and won't tolerate too much geekage :) So please feel free as usual to email me if you'd like to be added etc, but bear in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Although it was an unintentional pun it still reminds me of a good point. Many of the buy-sell-trades at a LEGOFest involve a bit of cash changing hands - what currency could you do that in considering Euros don't exist in the UK and only (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) 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. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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