#30, RE: Sure, I'll make the first comment...
Posted by BobSchroeck on Sep-24-01 at 01:09 PM
In response to message #16
>>I was actually shooting for "in" in the sense of "among", but >>prepositional nuance is apparently one of the many, many things >>babelfish.altavista.com isn't good at. :) >*nods* I figured that. This is why I don't trust translation >software, and occasionally amuse myself by writing complex, idiomatic >compositions and running them through babelfish.altavista.com a couple >of times (English -> Italian -> English, for instance) to see what >comes out. For sheer amusement's sake along these lines, you might want to check out Lost in Translation (http://www.tashian.com/multibabel). -- Bob --------------- Please to remember Eleven September -- Hijack, destruction and plot. Our outraged reaction To terrorist action Should never be forgot.
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