> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
