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BenG 05-26-2011 02:31 PM

If Anna Karenina was not to your taste, perhaps you would prefer this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Android-Kareni.../dp/1594744602

Timoleon 05-26-2011 02:44 PM

:offtopic: Slightly off-topic: Tolstoy was an interesting cat, from what I've read. He professed to have a deep and profound love for "humanity", but couldn't be bothered to like individual people. :eek:

CharlieBird 05-26-2011 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams (Post 1553743)
... Just picture me with lots of translation dictionaries reading about word meanings and use, then later on using the internet for as many as I could find, just to learn if what was being written or said was what it really was, so I could respond or understand. Then picture me using back translation to see if it really does mean that. Think of your Spanish example and how it doesn't always back translate correctly and misses the meaning that is being conveyed in the original language.

I am impressed speechless with this picture. And consider the double translation, say Russian to English to Spanish or Arabic!

żI also wondered at your OS? As I recall Vista was ranked at the bottom by most of the 'experts'.
(thanks for the posting explanation)
d

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Originally Posted by jh59 (Post 1554351)
What struck me about the character of Anna was how her behavior fits that of someone suffering from the personality disorder known as Borderline Personality Disorder.
jay

BPD, yes, very much so. Thanks for sharing. I am liking AK a lot more, directly attributable to my late start reading it and this thread.
d

caleb72 05-26-2011 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Timoleon (Post 1555037)
:offtopic: Slightly off-topic: Tolstoy was an interesting cat, from what I've read. He professed to have a deep and profound love for "humanity", but couldn't be bothered to like individual people. :eek:

That's funny - I'm entirely opposite.

dreams 05-27-2011 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieBird (Post 1555133)
I am impressed speechless with this picture. And consider the double translation, say Russian to English to Spanish or Arabic!

żI also wondered at your OS? As I recall Vista was ranked at the bottom by most of the 'experts'.
(thanks for the posting explanation)
d <snip>

Don't be too impressed, it was solely a survival skill and one I am still not too great at. :D My first love was XP then when it was not able to be _saved_, I had to move to Vista. Not my favorite, but still running well and strong, so I'll live with it until it dies. :)


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