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Thread poster: Robin Salmon (X)
Robin Salmon (X)
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Australia
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German to English
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Dec 20, 2004

One of the bonuses of using Dragon Voice Recognition Software is the unexpected laugh it occasionally provides. Here's one from a German translation I am doing and it might amuse Australians:

The Neuenburg was once a centre of mediaeval court culture and later became the residence and hunting lodge of the chooks of Saxony-Weissenfels.

(chook=chicken)
 
Jack Doughty
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United Kingdom
Local time: 03:50
Russian to English
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In memoriam
Rather more alarming Dragon error Apr 4, 2005

I dictated one of the purposes of a company as "carrying out tourist activities" and found that it had printed "carrying out terrorist activities"!

Excuse me if you are alerted to messages in this old thread. I am using this post to experiment with downloading images into forums, since the way I used to do it is no longer valid. No luck so far.



OK, I've got it to work now.

[Edited at 2005-11-29 15:49]
 


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