[SOC] Internet Translation Service

[Paul Bartlett]

I seem to recall that many years ago, President Carter engaged the
services of a scholar to act as translator for him on a trip to Poland.

Unfortunately, the chap was not too familiar with modern Polish,
being something of an expert on old Polish literature.

I gather that he translated Carter's "I feel a great affection for the
Polish people" into the modern equivalent of, "I lust after your women".

Now that's SOC.

P#529

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brunner" <rbrunner@gis.net>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Internet Translation Service


> Re:
> > For those of us who truly are SOC and only know how to
> > read and write in one language:
> > http://www.freetranslation.com/index.htm
> >
> OK. No more Fremdsprache/foreign language.
>
> Those automatic translations can be useful, but are often misleading
> nonsense.  I wrote, in German, "at that time many women went to sea as
radio
> operators," and the translation was, "many sparks furrowed to the sea."
>
> Richard
>
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