Which reminds me of my favourite computer translation story, supposedly from
the European Parliament, where instant translation is a big issue. They put
"Hydraulic Ram" into the program, translated it to Italian, then French, then
back to English, where it came out as "Water Goat".
Julian
> from: Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:45:33
> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc: ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [OM] Gotta love e*bay descriptions
>
> I think that the translation may have been carried out by a computer
> programme ...
>
> Chris
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