Ukrainian, anyone?

[mrspunkysmom]

Anyone know someone who speaks Ukrainian? I got a lovely nomination for a pet from Ukraine, but need to respond to it. I tried responding in English and never heard back, so I figured if anyone knows someone who could translate my email for them, and then possibly their response if they respond, that would be great!

I would not want to rely on online translation tools, as often the words are technically correct, but the meaning gets garbled.

Yeah, I know. I have a friend in Germany that posts in what I guess is vernacular German on her FB page. I tried translating it once and got part of it, but it was not a good translation. I finally wrote her and asked her to translate. The computer translation missed a lot of the nuances.

Here's an old computer joke/story from the days when there were no monitors and the computer printed out the response. A computer was loaded with a Chinese/English translation program. To test the translation abilities, an idiomatic phrase was used: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind." The computer gave the Chinese translation. The Chinese translation was then entered back intp the computer and it spit out the reverse translation: "Invisible Idiot."

Enjoy!

[cassiesmom]

Karen, is today's Cat of the Day the one you received in Ukrainian? What a gorgeous cat!

[lizbud]

Here's an old computer joke/story from the days when there were no monitors and the computer printed out the response. A computer was loaded with a Chinese/English translation program. To test the translation abilities, an idiomatic phrase was used: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind." The computer gave the Chinese translation. The Chinese translation was then entered back intp the computer and it spit out the reverse translation: "Invisible Idiot."

Enjoy!

That's very funny.LOL