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Xavier_cross31 · 07-08-2004, 08:07 AM

could someone plz help me translate this sentence in Greek

"Please indicate me the language that you speak"

Thx in advance

SinisterMotives · 07-08-2004, 09:10 AM

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nowthen · 07-08-2004, 12:58 PM

dont rely on bablefish. it only offers LITERAL translation, which most of the time make no sense in the language you want to translate to.

SinisterMotives · 07-08-2004, 01:12 PM

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dont rely on bablefish. it only offers LITERAL translation, which most of the time make no sense in the language you want to translate to.

True. But I once used it to fool someone who knew I don't speak French into thinking I was someone who did.

What I usually do with Babelfish is translate its translation back into English to see if it makes any sense. If not, I'll rephrase it until it looks right in both English and the target language.

CSflim · 07-08-2004, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by SinisterMotives
True. But I once used it to fool someone who knew I don't speak French into thinking I was someone who did.

Just curious; Did it work?
Babelfished text usually looks like you just translated it by looking up each word in a dictionary.

SinisterMotives · 07-08-2004, 01:22 PM

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Just curious; Did it work?

Well, this person was fairly fluent in French and claimed to be shocked when I told them it was really me, so I guess it worked.

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Originally posted by CSflim
Babelfished text usually looks like you just translated it by looking up each word in a dictionary.

Also true. You have to have a passing knowledge of the target language's syntax in order to determine if the translation makes sense to a native speaker.

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