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Re: General discussions but in a foreign language?

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I'm thinking we pick an arbritary day in the coming months, and on that day all members post in a foreign language.

I don't really know why..
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Spectacular idea. 1st July?
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Griff wrote:and on that day all members post in a foreign language.
All day or just once?
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A321Pilot wrote:
Griff wrote:and on that day all members post in a foreign language.
All day or just once?
All day. Methinks I'll be using google translation A LOT.
Chrill wrote:Spectacular idea. 1st July?
I approve. :P
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Griff wrote:All day. Methinks I'll be using google translation A LOT.
Google's translation features will probably work better if you can write your English words correctly. ;)
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orudge wrote:
Griff wrote:All day. Methinks I'll be using google translation A LOT.
Google's translation features will probably work better if you can write your English words correctly. ;)
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You mean by "foreign language" something else than your native language? Because in that case you English speakers have to find something different, while the rest of us can simply continue in English as our foreign language :mrgreen:
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Plus noone would have any idea what the hell I'm saying.
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There are some Japanese people on the forum Jamie!
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Utinam Latine colloquamur!

(Let's talk in Latin!)
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Mi preferas esperanto.

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Supercheese wrote:Utinam Latine colloquamur!

(Let's talk in Latin!)
Si hoc legere potes, te ipsum confutue :mrgreen:

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"Pater, dimitte illo, non enim scit quid dicit." :wink:

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...Alea iacta est?

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Class 165 wrote:There are some Japanese people on the forum Jamie!
Oh, I was referring more to the fact that while European languages have relatively good machine translations, translating Japanese always ends up awful.

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Superbia in Proelia!
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JamieLei wrote:Oh, I was referring more to the fact that while European languages have relatively good machine translations, translating Japanese always ends up awful.
True.
JamieLei wrote:Caecillius est in horto?
Yes! Cambridge Latin Course Book I :D . Everybody at my school had to do Latin in Year 7, and that is the only sentence that anybody remembers.
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Do I need to move this to the Off-Topic forum?
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