 | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Jeff Thompson
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| | | [discussing "99 Luftballoons"] (...) I was curious and found a link that shows a side by side comparision of the English version and a translation of the original German lyrics. (URL) "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | (...) spirit well". I mean, sure, there are obviously German-english translations of other things that suck worse, but I don't think this can possibly fit into "translated well". I mailed them a few corrections for the middle translation, BTW ;) I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Ha! We've caught you--proofreaders don't have souls. (At least, I didn't when I was a proofer.) best, Lindsay (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | (...) No response so far.. (...) Hmmmm. I suppose you're right. That must be why I disagree with Larry. You know what's really sad? I think I'd be better proofreading english than Dutch. Jasper (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Your job options would certainly be better--Lord knows there's a lot more call for proofreaders for English than proofreaders for Dutch, because a *much* larger percentage of the relatively small number of Dutch-speakers are truly fluent in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Who James Isn't (was:Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...) —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) Yah. Though if you want people who can write Dutch, go to the Flemings. The Great National Dictation Contest has been won, out of 10 years it's been running yearly, 8 or 9 times by a Belgian. (...) Jumbled seems to have a bit of a different (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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