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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)

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