Thankyou both for the help. :)
On 25/04/2005, at 6:01 PM, Miroslav Kure wrote:
src/main.cc:133 "This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.\n"
has me a little confused.
Does this have any technical meaning, or is it a throwaway line? I
No technical meaning. It is a joke saying "This software (aptitude) is not omnipotent". IIRC apt has similar message :-)
Thanks for telling me. I was rather wondering how cows came into it... :)
Changwoo wrote:
I often translate such joke (cultural, English language amusement, or something) as a totally different joke, when it makes sense. It's up to you how you translate these kinds of jokes. Try to make a creative translation. ;)
I think message translation is not just passing information in another language, but creating a part of computing culture of that language.
I agree: that's part of the challenge. :)
As long as cows don't come into that string in any literal way, I can use my imagination.
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