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Topic ID: 119
Message ID: 30
#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
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