tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 23 16:35:02 1996
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Re: RE: KLBC?: De'wI' mughghachmey (Computer Translations)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: KLBC?: De'wI' mughghachmey (Computer Translations)
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 19:34:52 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 08:59:34 -0700 valwI'
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ghItlh Holtej:
> >ghItlhwI' (printer)
>
> <ghItlhwI'> vIleghDI' SIbI' ghItlhbogh nuv vIqel, 'ej mumISmoH. chaq
> <ghItlhbogh jo'> Huv law' <ghItlhwI'> Huv puS. naDev nuv mIS neH jIH'a'?
jIHagh! DIvI' Hol lo'lu'taHvIS nuv jo' joq ghaHlaH/'oHlaH *printer*'e'.
"I'll send this to the printer" can mean "I'll take this copy
downtown to have a gazillion copies made by the person who runs
the copy shop" or "I'll send this via LPT1 to the device which
spews paper with lines on it." Somehow, we survive the ambiguity
in English.
> >--Holtej
>
> -- valwI'
>
charghwI'