tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post5681929516065053047..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Nice translationBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-64028821795794470292016-10-07T16:00:31.140-04:002016-10-07T16:00:31.140-04:00From what I understand about Siemens, c-90, those ...From what I understand about Siemens, <b>c-90</b>, those translations were probably every bit as good as the hardware provided...<br />}:-]matismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935009854433843094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-55877988237465126572016-10-07T00:00:21.574-04:002016-10-07T00:00:21.574-04:00When I was in Portugal, we got a *new* digital mic...When I was in Portugal, we got a *new* digital microwave system put in. GTE Italian, which was owned by Siemenes Germany, with the manuals *mostly* translated from German into Italian, and then into English, by *trained* translators. Who unfortunately had now idea how to translate technical Languages into other languags, and then again.c-90https://www.blogger.com/profile/07248346499641654640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-57627439026423530502016-10-06T21:42:56.911-04:002016-10-06T21:42:56.911-04:00I will give you a purely American example.
In the...I will give you a purely American example.<br /><br />In the cemetery where my mother is buried, there is what was obviously meant to be a double grave for husband and wife.<br />On her side the standard name, dates, phrases for "beloved wife and mother". By the date given,she passed away almost ten years ago.<br />The other side, presumably his, reads<br />PLEASE LEAVE BLANK<br /><br />Perhaps it was a prayer to Above.<br />More likely, the stone cutter just blindly followed what was on the paper in front if him.<br /><br />If he was close to his wife in age, and still alive, he would be close to a hundred now. I am guessing the family decided to simply wait to recut the stone and not fix it then.Jeffrey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721363904964114392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-78221455420825712472016-10-06T18:48:54.643-04:002016-10-06T18:48:54.643-04:00Like the infamous Chevy Nova. It was a drastic fai...Like the infamous Chevy Nova. It was a drastic failure in Mexico because "no va" in Spanish translates roughly to, "it doesn't go."Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378629103793458871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-36151367313680754522016-10-06T15:06:20.722-04:002016-10-06T15:06:20.722-04:00Note that Diesel Fuel is in "Arbic".Note that Diesel Fuel is in "Arbic".libertymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987591250148492879noreply@blogger.com