Hi Mark!
Mark Roberts wrote:
>
> >> English is a simple language and short sentences are usually effective
> >> yet complete. In Italian (and probably in German too) you have sometimes
> >> to go great lengths to say something that would take you 5 words in
> >> english :-(.
> >
> >I can second this, for italian _and_ german :-)
>
> Old joke:
>
> An English-speaking delegate at the United Nations was listening to a German making
>a speech. The
> translator was providing a near-simultaneous translation: he'd listen to a few words
>and provide the
> English translation during a pause. This went on until there came a point at which
>the German had
> been going on for some time and yet the translator had remained silent. This
>continued for longer
> and longer until the English-speaking delegate tapped the translator on the shoulder
>to inquire as
> to what was going on.
> The translator whispered back, "Shhhh...I'm waiting for the verb!"
Well, try to read an italian newspaper. There are _no_ verbs :-)
(slightly exaggerating...)
Stefan
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