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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
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It's easy to laugh when you look around and realize how absurd many things are. The latest is the following, with a little background: I lent a computer game of mine (really old) to a friend. Unfortunately, the game is sooo old that I no longer have the instructions. We ended up finding them online ... in French! So, of course, we ran a translator program over it. This is what came out the other end: Nothing to announce. Play of tactic to the turn by turn, UFO has still what to allure followers. Your mission: to protect planet from an extraterrestrial invasion, only that. Equip your men-at-arms and equipment produced by your scientists and engineers then deploy your guy vis-a-vis the aliens. Help of hostages, interception of aircraft, infiltration of bases: the missions are varied. "Hawkins Attention, has a small gray there with... Hawkins...Answer good blood... scritch... " The reproach: why one cannot play two? Sniff, that returns to me still today sad. In more recent competition never was too with the height: Incubation or W40K. It is necessary to go up in Jagged Alliance, and still the adversaries are insane at the point to be thrown under your shootings. My preference in solo always goes in UFO, his/her little brother. ** HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Thrown under shootings, Mike Said if I only could ... -KB [This message has been edited by bsquirrel (07-30-2002 03:22 PM).] |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
Oh, you should see when German lyrics are tossed into the translation grinder.  It's best to actually know the mechanations of a language and translate it bit by bit, because translators on the 'net don't know grammar and don't know that certain words have dualities, so they can't pick the one that makes the most sense. Yeesh, yr silly. The loneliest words you'll ever know: |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
I love that translation. The reproach: read this guy vis-a-vis the thread.Said if I only could ... |
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Anvrill Senior Member
since 2002-06-21
Posts 710in the interzone now |
I like the fact that there are the words scritch and sniff. The loneliest words you'll ever know: |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Me too! Answer me good blood! Said if I only could ... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Very small things, apparently.Said if I only could ... |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
Worth a smile Mikey, thanks.~Titus "They say that a hero can save us. I'm not gonna stand here and wait..." |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Glad someone else enjoyed th' weirdness.No prob, Titus. Said if I only could ... |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
*sings* "Be Like Mike." "I want to be like Mike."  Sincerely, Titus "They say that a hero can save us. I'm not gonna stand here and wait..." |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
hehe....funny story, Mike! Just another case how things get lost in translation sometimes From the title I thought you were talking about Toerag!  |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Nope. Not yet, anyway.Said if I only could ... |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Funny how tweaked the world is, hm? Sandra |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Most definitely. Though tweaks can be nice every once and again."I fall into your arms." -C |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
ROFLMAO...I love translators, they always make me laugh.  ~Beth You look inside my wild mind |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
It's a nice, honest laugh. Thanks, Beth."I fall into your arms." |
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