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burrahobbit · 07-03-2000, 11:54 AM

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I was just playing with the AltaVista babel fish and I had an idea. If youve ever used the babel fish (or any other online translator, probably) you've probably noticed that they they onl have one word in each language to translate a given word into. I don't know if that is a very good explanation, so I have an example. After starting in English then going to French then German I got: <blockquote>Quote:<hr> All rested noiseless during one point in time, to long at the jet of Boromir. " it is so-called a small thing, you, this Gollum? Small, but largely in the stupidity. What is it that it occurred from it? Which unfortunate fate at you place?"<hr></blockquote>I started with:<blockquote>Quote:<hr> All sat silent for a while, until at lengh Boromir spoke. "He is a small thing, you say, this Gollu? Small, but great in mischief. What became of him? To what doom did you put him?<hr></blockquote> A couple helpfull links: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish.altavista.digital.com/</a> The babel fish, which is the one that I used to make these translations. And http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTranwww.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran</a> which has more languages for more combinations.

What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p>Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000062>burrahob bit</A> at: 7/3/00 2:27:50 pm

07-03-2000, 11:54 AM	#1
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,430	An idea for a game <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> I was just playing with the AltaVista babel fish and I had an idea. If youve ever used the babel fish (or any other online translator, probably) you've probably noticed that they they onl have one word in each language to translate a given word into. I don't know if that is a very good explanation, so I have an example. After starting in English then going to French then German I got: <blockquote>*Quote:<hr> All rested noiseless during one point in time, to long at the jet of Boromir. " it is so-called a small thing, you, this Gollum? Small, but largely in the stupidity. What is it that it occurred from it? Which unfortunate fate at you place?"<hr></blockquote>I started with:<blockquote>Quote:<hr> All sat silent for a while, until at lengh Boromir spoke. "He is a small thing, you say, this Gollu? Small, but great in mischief. What became of him? To what doom did you put him?<hr></blockquote> A couple helpfull links: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish.altavista.digital.com/</a> The babel fish, which is the one that I used to make these translations. And http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTranwww.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran</a> which has more languages for more combinations. What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p>Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000062>burrahob bit</A> at: 7/3/00 2:27:50 pm* __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?