http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=1 TC Discussion Forums Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2009. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 8 Nov 2009 04:45 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/category-view.asp?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15031msg188780.htm#188780 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: Karin, my hat's off to you for your professional handling of this situation. Maxi P.S. I was looking for a nice picture of "hat off" but found this - which sort of reminds me of the juggling work translators have to do while abiding by a myriad of rules. It seemed to fit the occasion. 6 Nov 2009 20:09 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188778.htm#188778 Nanna Mercer: This is Danish via Google Translate, and it's quite...unexpectedly funny: EN: organization for the center of wagon wheel nail repair DA: organisation til midten af vognen hjul negle reparation And it means: The organization towards the middle of the wagon wheel's fingernail repair. Nanna :-O 6 Nov 2009 19:58 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188775.htm#188775 Laurent Chiacchierini: BTW, the French term for "text expansion (or contraction) in translation" is " (taux de) foisonnement " 6 Nov 2009 19:46 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188774.htm#188774 Laurent Chiacchierini: That was actually 12 words but... the translation would rather be " organisation des centres de réparation de clous de roue de wagon ", so "just" 11 words :-) 6 Nov 2009 19:42 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188772.htm#188772 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: 7 words. I wonder if we can get Danish, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Urdu.... Almost every civilisation has had wheels I think. Maxi 6 Nov 2009 19:26 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188771.htm#188771 Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov: Organizacja centrum naprawy gwoździ dla kòł wagonòw. 6 Nov 2009 19:18 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188769.htm#188769 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: German: Wagenradsnagelreperaturzentrumsverein - 1 word English: organization for the center of wagon wheel nail repair - 9 words French: organisation pour le centre de reparation de clous de roues de wagon - 11, and probably wrong somewhere (invented word) 6 Nov 2009 18:49 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188767.htm#188767 Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov: I feel better that somebody else invented such a horrible word, not you. 6 Nov 2009 18:47 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188764.htm#188764 Corina Torrez: Wow! This is interesting! Thank you so much for this definition of "terps." All along, I thought this word was just made up by someone in the company I work with. But, it all makes sense, since the company I work with has specialized in Sign Language Interpreting for the last 17 years!!!! ... 6 Nov 2009 18:30 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15082msg188763.htm#188763 Laurent Chiacchierini: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terp " terp ( plural terps ) ( military or Deaf , slang ) An interpreter ( translator ). 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times : But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan ... 6 Nov 2009 18:26 GMT