At 11:50 AM 7/9/1998 -0700, Gerry Ott wrote:
>Hi All:
>
>Pardon the off topic subject, but I thought somewhere in our diverse and
>learned membership I could get referred to what I'm looking for. I need
>technical German to English translation software or a dictionary of
>same. I would really prefer a CD rom program where I could dump in a
>German technical phrase or word (like "bestueckungsplan") and get back
>the English translation. But a good translating hardcopy dictionary
>would be my second choice. I'm not interested in learning to speak
>German, only in translating some databases and documents to English. Any
>suggestions.
>
Try CompUSA. While there are some available, they don't work.
The translation is usually literal, and leaves a lot to be
desired. The most famous German foul up translation was
President Kennedy, who, while in Berlin said "Ich bein ein
Berliner," thinking he said "I am a Berliner." In reality he
said I am a Jelly Donut.
George
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