OT: language-problem - krauts and kittys
05-Apr-02 at 18:32, Sven Guckes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : Pfeife zerbrochen Broken pipe, I suppose. This is nonetheless an interesting issue, since the translation out of context is correct. And, more to the point, any non technical English speaker would also be amused if Windows reported back Broken Pipe to them. Just like the dumb lady I was talking to once, who told me she was airing her room when I told her to close the window. Most techies, let's face it, speak /at least/ technical English. Just the same as most doctors. I live in a bilingual country, where everyone speaks Arabic and French; they CANNOT translate some terms at all, because they have a psychological block. -- [Simon White. vim/mutt. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIMPS:61.68% see www.mersenne.org] Recognizing disagreements in belief requires having enough agreements in belief to translate or understand the words and deeds of my opponent. -- Anthony O'Hear (combining, somewhat, several modern philosophers). [Linux user #170823 http://counter.li.org. Home cooked signature rotator.]
Re: language-problem - krauts and kittys
Hi, * Sven Guckes [04/05/02 18:32:12] wrote: * Rocco Rutte [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-04-04 19:45]: I love silly translations. Yesterday I worked with a german Red Hat-distribution (user elvis): Gnome created an icon called Heimat von elvis Why not: Gnome hat eine Ikone namens 'Heimat von Elvis' erstellt? aarrgghh! Yes. But the point is that people seem to want that. But when working with a computer getting any message back I'm usually abled to figure out what was meant. More stupid are technical books translated from English to German. I understand that may not always be easy to decide what to translate and what to leave untouched. Pfeife zerbrochen (English: broken pipe) Doesn't that hurd? ;-) (who doesn't speak German, don't try to understand this one) Cheers, Rocco. msg26782/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT: language-problem - krauts and kittys
Hi, * Simon White [04/05/02 19:18:44] wrote: 05-Apr-02 at 18:32, Sven Guckes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : Pfeife zerbrochen Broken pipe, I suppose. Yes. Just like the dumb lady I was talking to once, who told me she was airing her room when I told her to close the window. ;-)) Via telephone? I can image what her face looked like when she was wondering how the opened window should interfere with her computer... ;-) Cheers, Rocco. msg26783/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT: language-problem - krauts and kittys
05-Apr-02 at 20:37, Rocco Rutte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : Just like the dumb lady I was talking to once, who told me she was airing her room when I told her to close the window. ;-)) Via telephone? I can image what her face looked like when she was wondering how the opened window should interfere with her computer... ;-) Yeah, on the phone. Luckily, because by the time she got back off hold there were tears in all the support guy's faces :) -- [Simon White. vim/mutt. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIMPS:61.70% see www.mersenne.org] Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal [Linux user #170823 http://counter.li.org. Home cooked signature rotator.]
