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NAR

RACECALLER MONDAY 26th MAY

My tips for tomorrow are:-

BANKER:-SUB PRIME - LEICESTER 16.20 ODDS 2/1.
Here is the racecaller link:- http://www.racecaller.com/getpage.php?race=85260234


OUTSIDER:- FIRST BUDDY - REDCAR 15.50 ODDS 8/1.
Here is the racecaller link:- http://www.racecaller.com/getpage.php?race=85260313

suziewuzie

droopsnout wrote: »

LOL!

"All men should have a sound knowledge of food, because it seems to increase the pleasure which is intended for them."

It was in a sort of Christmas sweet - crackers don't exist here. Darn! There goes my literary reputation!

Well ... typically French, I suppose! Merci bien. ( I bet that's wrong )

BritBrat

Have you not found GoogleTranslate :View web pages in other languages

Merci bien > Translation: French » English > Thank you

This page in French

Techie lesson over untill next time

suziewuzie

BritBrat wrote: »

Have you not found GoogleTranslate :View web pages in other languages

Merci bien > Translation: French » English > Thank you

This page in French

Oooooooooh I was right without resorting to Google!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!

I never use translating sites (OH is a translator - Spanish>English) and doesn't rate them at all!! I try to remember a bit of schoolgirl French from my very own little brain!! :rotfl:

Thanks, BB

PS. Better stop now, or someone will be along telling us off for being off topic!!;)

lesliejack

just musing, cos there's not much on telly............. have you ever wondered why the piggy points get put on overnight? Who does it? Do they have a twilight shift at Piggy Towers? Exactly when does it happen?:question:

west_is_best

ok. Can anyone help me, i bet 20 points on todays race and it came in thanks to tipster!!!!!

how do I know how much points I have left to bet on?
How do I know how much Ive won??

Please, Im really lost in this racing lark!!!!!!!

droopsnout

BritBrat wrote: »

Have you not found GoogleTranslate :View web pages in other languages

Merci bien > Translation: French » English > Thank you

This page in French

Techie lesson over untill next time

As a linguist myself, I share suziewuzie's husband's opinion of automatic translation sites, and have written on MSE forums about them at some length in the past.

Except when you just want a quick idea of what a text is about, avoid them at all costs.

As a quick demo, type in a sentence of English into the translator, and ask it to translate into a language of your choice.

Then copy the translation back into the translator and have it put into English. The result, which SHOULD be your original English, will generally be more or less gobbledegook, depending on how complicated the English was.

Example:

I typed in a fairly non-demanding piece of English: "The sea bass, presented with a selection of seasonal vegetables, and cooked to within an inch of perfection, was a delight to the taste buds and was complemented exquisitely by the dry white wine chosen by the maître d'hôtel."

This was translated into French as: "Le bar, a pr!sent! avec une s!lection de l!gumes de saison, et cuits à un pouce au sein de la perfection, est un r!gal pour les papilles et a !t! compl!t!e par l'exquise vin blanc sec choisi par le maître d'hôtel."

And came back in English as: "The bar, presented with a selection of seasonal vegetables, and cooked to within an inch of perfection, is a feast for the taste buds and was complemented by the exquisite dry white wine chosen by the developer hotel."

Hmm. Don't use for legal documents, eh?

Edit: Every "!" in the French should be an e-acute. This site really doesn't like them!

thepearce

lesliejack wrote: »

just musing, cos there's not much on telly............. have you ever wondered why the piggy points get put on overnight? Who does it? Do they have a twilight shift at Piggy Towers? Exactly when does it happen?:question:

Probably just because there's spare server resources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_processing

superhans

Just got my "fashion @ Tesco" points, 75 piggy points, only signed up yesterday??,

So this means I will be lucky to get 1 click through next week.

BritBrat

droopsnout wrote: »

As a linguist myself, I share suziewuzie's husband's opinion of automatic translation sites, and have written on MSE forums about them at some length in the past.

Except when you just want a quick idea of what a text is about, avoid them at all costs.

I would agree but you had no clue what it was before translation but after you do have some clue as to what it is, even if parts are wrong you have more information than what you started with.

And going from one langauge to another and back it going to increase the error more than if you just translate it once.