FreeTDS Development Group

[Steve Langasek <vorlon AT netexpress.net>]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Michael Peppler wrote:

>  > Babelfish translation for Emmanuel: ( http://world.altavista.com/tr )

>  > Hmm... Quelqu'un qui parle français, utilise AIX, et exécute des
>  > freetds... que vous ne demandez pas beaucoup:)

>  > Basé sur votre poteau plus tôt, je suggérerais qu'installant GNU fassiez
>  > (le gmake) et en utilisant cela pour construire FreeTDS au lieu 
> d'utiliser
>  > le défaut d'AIX's 'make' le programme.

>  > Respects, programme postmodern de Steve Langasek

>  > I make no guarantees to the accuracy of the translation, since I don't
>  > know French. It's wonderful how modern translation facilities can break
>  > down the language barriers.


> Well - the translation is understandable (just), but it's also
> hilarious (especially the translation of "post" as "poteau" (as in
> "wooden post") instead of "message")

> Michael (who does speak French :-)

I also speak French well enough to be amused by this translation. :)  Since
Emmanuel had already shown some facility with English, I chose to post in
English rather than forcing him to endure my poor grammar; at the very least,
it would let more people contribute to the discussion if I was way off-course.

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer