Any Hungarians on the Forum

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

Why, in fact I was telling him--in response to his noting that books will be available in both password-protect [DRM-d?] PDF and non-password-protected ePub--that while my device supported ePub, I preferred PDF... but alas password-protected (as opposed to DRM-d) PDFs I could only view on my computer, not on my device.

sound advice. (or rather, i mean you should advise him to make the pdfs drm-free as well ! that's the best solution.)

And no worries, Zelda. As long as we both know we're right, we're both happy!

- Ahi

exactly !

[ahi]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

sound advice. (or rather, i mean you should advise him to make the pdfs drm-free as well ! that's the best solution.)


exactly !

Maybe he went home after his first post. Time different and all.

- Ahi

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

Maybe he went home after his first post. Time different and all.

- Ahi

seems likely. but you should tell him when he comes back. (or tell him now, so he'll see it when he comes back. you might be sleeping then. )

[ahi]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

seems likely. but you should tell him when he comes back. (or tell him now, so he'll see it when he comes back. you might be sleeping then. )

You deny me the hilarity of telling him yourself by using Google Translate? Woe be unto me!

"make the pdfs drm-free as well ! that's the best solution." comes out as (once translated back to English):

"The PDF is DRM-free as well! That's the best solution."

The first sentence comes out sounding pretty excited, as though delighted by a sudden Eureka-type realization.

- Ahi

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by ahi

You deny me the hilarity of telling him yourself by using Google Translate? Woe be unto me!

"make the pdfs drm-free as well ! that's the best solution." comes out as (once translated back to English):

"The PDF is DRM-free as well! That's the best solution."

The first sentence comes out sounding pretty excited, as though delighted by a sudden Eureka-type realization.

- Ahi

what ??? twice through google translate between english and hungarian, and not one instance of the phrase "bouncy bouncy" ??? i'm disappointed !!

(but it is a delightful eureka-type realisation to realise that it's best to get rid of drm ! )

[bozon42]

Originally Posted by ahi

You deny me the hilarity of telling him yourself by using Google Translate? Woe be unto me!

"make the pdfs drm-free as well ! that's the best solution." comes out as (once translated back to English):

"The PDF is DRM-free as well! That's the best solution."

The first sentence comes out sounding pretty excited, as though delighted by a sudden Eureka-type realization.

- Ahi

Let your father's remembrance live inside you forever
and be candle for forthcoming generations.

bozon42

[ahi]

Originally Posted by bozon42

Let your father's remembrance live inside you forever
and be candle for forthcoming generations.

bozon42

I take my fine Hellenic hat off to you, Sir!

Are you Hungarian, or just wonderfully curious?

- Ahi

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by ahi

Understandable due to it being rather different from English.

It is easier for Finns and Turks, on account of structural similarities.

What is your Mom's first language, if I may ask?

- Ahi

She's as Dutch as I am... And I knew Finish and Magyar have the same language structure, didn't know about the Turkish though...

Luckily, whenever we go there, we can get understood with our mixture of German, English, hands and feet

[bozon42]

Originally Posted by ahi

I take my fine Hellenic hat off to you, Sir!

Are you Hungarian, or just wonderfully curious?

- Ahi

Hello Ahi,

no need to take your hat off.

It is quite easy for those who speak different
languages and know (a few) different scripts.

Yes, I speak Hungarian as well.

What about to rewrite it into Runic (or Mandinka [Kinte Kunta would be delighted], Tagalog, Yi, Japanese or Arabic...??:-)))
There are too many options...

bozon42

[ahi]

Originally Posted by bozon42

Hello Ahi,

no need to take your hat off.

It is quite easy for those who speak different
languages and know (a few) different scripts.

Yes, I speak Hungarian as well.

What about to rewrite it into Runic (or Mandinka [Kinte Kunta would be delighted], Tagalog, Yi, Japanese or Arabic...??:-)))
There are too many options...

bozon42

Do you mean Hungarian Runes or Futhark?

I like the idea... perhaps I ought to throw together a "Hungarian written with the X alphabet..." pages, using said phrase as the sample illustration.

Are you fluent enough in Hungarian, bozon42, that you read books in it? Or could and would want to?

What other languages do you speak?

- Ahi

[ahi]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

She's as Dutch as I am... And I knew Finish and Magyar have the same language structure, didn't know about the Turkish though...

Luckily, whenever we go there, we can get understood with our mixture of German, English, hands and feet

Heh heh! Very nice.

Finnish and Hungarian are actually "genetically" related in a linguistic sense... though very very distant. Like English and Russian.

Hungarian and Turkish are not related, but being agglutinating they are structurally similar and Hungarian has enough Turkish loan words that visiting a Turkish open-air market might just be a somewhat eerie experience for a discerning Hungarian.

- Ahi

[bozon42]

Originally Posted by ahi

Do you mean Hungarian Runes or Futhark?

I like the idea... perhaps I ought to throw together a "Hungarian written with the X alphabet..." pages, using said phrase as the sample illustration.

Are you fluent enough in Hungarian, bozon42, that you read books in it? Or could and would want to?

What other languages do you speak?

- Ahi

Of course, Hungarian Runes...
Yes, I read books fluently in Hungarian and Slovak (besides English) (and understand as well :-)))
Speak decently Italian, quite fairly Russian, know Hiragana (no time so far for Katakana and Kanji signs) + some words and sentences in Japanese and bits from some other languages (Swahili, Navaho, something in Arabic ...etc.)

I am interested in different scripts - if you would like to write different scripts, try either Emacs with latex or XeTeX of Jonathan Kew.

bozon42

[vivaldirules]

Man, I'm hungary right now. Did I say that once before? Anyway, I am. For some reason I feel like I could really go for some ahi (tuna, that is - sashimi style).

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Man, I'm hungary right now. Did I say that once before? Anyway, I am. For some reason I feel like I could really go for some ahi (tuna, that is - sashimi style).

hm, is it friday already ???

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm, is it friday already ???

Excellent idea! Let's proclaim that it is and I'll start getting ready to go home in a few hours. And since it's Friday, I can accomodate my culinary desires by heading for a sushi bar at lunch. Thank you, Z!