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Old 05-26-2011, 02:34 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by dreams View Post
... 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!

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