From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 03:18:09 MDT
> >If I write down the first statement of the italian constitution
> >"L'Italia è una repubblica fondata sul lavoro" from the Altavista
> >translator I get "Italy is one republic founded on the job".
Damien Broderick wrote
> I love it! In machina veritas! Those danged suave romantic Europeans...
> [In certain forms of vernacular English, `on the job' means `during sexual
> intercourse'.]
Actually writing the other statement "La Repubblica riconosce a tutti
i cittadini il diritto di lavoro e promuove le condizioni che rendono
effettivo questo diritto" I get "The Republic recognizes to all the citizens
the job right and promotes the conditions that render effective this right"!
Umberto Eco asked if Adam was using the Altavista translator
during those talks with God (who chased him out of that paradise ...).
Scerir
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