tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post2670451778828802099..comments2023-04-09T09:38:17.640+01:00Comments on Writing, Life and the Universe: Lost in Translation ... ?Angela Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-47438113196506196692008-05-28T09:54:00.000+01:002008-05-28T09:54:00.000+01:00But ... doesn't it make you love the English langu...But ... doesn't it make you love the English language all the more for the fact that the same word can mean crazy and something to eat and the other end of a bolt.<BR/><BR/>Although I have to say that I'm glad I'm a native speaker ... it can't be the easiest language to learn.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-54684514594572008352008-05-26T10:00:00.000+01:002008-05-26T10:00:00.000+01:00I made the mistake of using babelfish to translate...I made the mistake of using babelfish to translate some words for my Spanish class. We were learning names for foods and I was the only one with a different term for 'nuts'. It turned out that Babelfish translated it as 'crazy'.<BR/>Marsha <BR/>http://writingcompanion.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-19990150384307148582008-05-11T10:04:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:04:00.000+01:00Truly wonderful, Simon ... I particularly like fur...Truly wonderful, Simon ... I particularly like furar-em-um-livro, and the Greek is just SO stylish.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726688121062378014.post-50159400900487398522008-05-10T12:12:00.000+01:002008-05-10T12:12:00.000+01:00Ha ha!attaccare-in-un-libroplakken-in-a-boek막히 에서 ...Ha ha!<BR/><BR/>attaccare-in-un-libro<BR/>plakken-in-a-boek<BR/>막히 에서 책<BR/>furar-em-um-livro<BR/>вставлять-в--книга<BR/>κολλώ--α-βιβλίοStuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.com