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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Google Translate is not always so useful
September 6, 2008 – 10:42 pm
Emboldened by my previous success, I decided to translate the subject of some Chinese-language spam: 卓越的指引管理让战斗力数倍提升
Apparently this means: “Excellent management guidelines several times to enhance the combat effectiveness”
I don’t know if the translation is inaccurate or the subject is poorly written.
It reminds me of the apocryphal story about the translation software which when used from [...]
Google Translate to the Rescue!
September 6, 2008 – 10:44 am
I finally got around to ordering a new keyboard for my MacBook Pro, to replace the one which lost a few keys on our last Fedex Day.
I was a little nonplussed by this response via Paypal:
“The seller has provided the following Order Status information for your review: Order Status: 已发货”
So much for taking the supremacy of [...]