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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:11 am    Post subject: babel fish is useless Reply with quote

내가 하라는 것을 해
Translates as
I am the fact that,

where it should translate as "do as i tell you" how are you meant to get your girlfriend to obey you when you can't even use the internet to get good commands Laughing









I am joking, for god sake i am joking

funny thing was she was looking for the translation Laughing
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happeningthang



Joined: 26 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Babel fish is useless?

That's what I've been telling my students all year.
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Passions



Joined: 31 May 2006

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yahoo Korea had a pretty good translator, but I think it went to become a paysite because I can't find the link anymore.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

happeningthang wrote:
Babel fish is useless?

That's what I've been telling my students all year.

I don't tell them anything. They just use it anyway. I'm glad it's useless... makes nailing them for cheating that much easier. Naver's right up there, too...
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brento1138



Joined: 17 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn, and here I was thinking Koreans must really love bedspreads...
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denistron



Joined: 21 Oct 2006
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha. Yeah... whats with the bed spread thing. What is the actual word? Do they use bedspread as a default word for everything it can't translate? Madness!!!
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

denistron wrote:
Haha. Yeah... whats with the bed spread thing. !

요. A 요 is a Korean mattress, not really a bedspread, but with all the 요's in a regular sentence, you get a lot of bedspreads, too.

Remove the 요s from your sentences. Problem (well, one anyway) solved.
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Yesterday



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)

PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This translator works better than babel fish -

http://translation2.paralink.com/
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote]This translator works better than babel fish -

http://translation2.paralink.com/ [quote]

still translates 내가 하라는 것을 해 as "I am the fact that,"


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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I'm not the only person that's getting slow-loading pages.

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