> On Wednesday 08 September 2004 20:33, Catherine Aloikin wrote:
> > > Cookie could be a magic number or a magic incantation that recalls a
> > > previous position that one was in. Surely there would be such a word or
> > > phrase :-)
> >
> > Not that I said it wasn't or couldn't be there but just the fact that a
> > word that brings out the meaning was found.
> >
> > I am not sure if you actually know luganda but I think it's one of those
> > rich languages. Besides that, some folk sent me mail last week, that had
> > been written in japanese and then translated to english, I could hardly
> > make sense out of the whole thing. Where ever I thought there should have
> > been 'I' there was 'It'. Had to read between the lines.
>
> Sounds like native Germans speaking English - person identifiers become
> 'It'... e.g., "I will be coming back" changes to "It will be coming back."
> Loose translations, I guess...

It's probably just about the translators coz German definitely has 2
different words for 'I' and 'It' - 'Ich' and 'Es'

>
> Mark.
>
> >
> > > -- G.
> > >
> > > > So far, looks real good save for a few words that are still not
> > > > translated. The preferences (weloboze) window is still quite young, it
> > > > will need to grow.
> > > >
> > > > Couldn't wait to see the translation of 'Cookie Manager', that like
> > > > real ^^^^^^
> > > > cool.
> > > >
> > > > -CA
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