On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 13:20 +0100, Jan-Christoph Bornschlegel wrote:
> Simon Geard schrieb:
> > No. No, you can't. The machine translation is almost as incomprehensible
> > to me as the original Chinese.
> 
> Which is why we eventually must breed the Babel fish :)

Indeed. :)

> Seriously, just translate something A->B and right back. Always good for
> a laugh or two. Or try that one:
> "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
> [/OT]

Or try traveling in a country speaking a foreign language. I spent some
time in South America last year, and had a great deal of fun trying to
decipher signs in hotel rooms that had been helpfully translated into
English. The original Spanish was usually clearer...

Simon.

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