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Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
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lugnet.loc.eu
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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:18:44 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 20:20:42 GMT, "Carbon 60" <carbon60@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
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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
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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.
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
proposition."
...to Italian (I know you can't read it but believe me it's pure fun)...
"Non piuttosto. Il software di traduzione è genere di icky in generale ed il
copyright lo pubblica pensa renderebbe a traduzione automatizzata una
proposta piuttosto costosa."
...and back to English:
"Not rather. The translation software is kind of icky in a generalized
manner and copyright the public one thinks would render to automated
translation one proposed rather expensive."
:-)))
> > 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.
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> Ah, but the French have been at war with the English far more than the
> Germans.
:-)))
BTW I would suggest Spanish against French & German. Really widespread (just
after English) and a good gate to all the neolatin idioms. I love it.
Mario
Web page: http://www.geocities.com/~marioferrari
LUGNET member page: http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=22
Proud member of ItLUG: http://www.itlug.org
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