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Old 08-28-2009, 03:44 PM
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Question Plz to Translate Some Danish for Me

Babelfish was less than helpful (Danish isn't an option) and the other free translator I Googled up returned some crazy garbled crap. It even mistranslated one of the few English words ("History" :rarrow: "Business").

Some Dane linked to mah blog and I want to know what he said, dammit. Alexander den Lillebitte | PergaMent Penguin? One of you other Viking descendants? Anybody?
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Old 08-28-2009, 03:48 PM
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What translator did you google up? I just ask cuz this one is the best, for future reference (better than babelfish, even).

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The period which lies between events respectively in the Old and New Testament - especially the Persian era, Alexander the Great's short but eventful career - is for good reason, a little hazy to many ordinary Bible readers who do not sit and tyrer thick historical works, through which complement. But occasionally pops up that new also from that time:

Recently it was found during an excavation 50 km south of Haifa a portrait of Alexander the Great, engraved in a tiny gem. As "Livy" points out over on "The History Blog," we would rather have expected that such lavish detail would show up in the center of Alexander's empire, but there was apparently fueled craftsmen at stake (or sloppy wealthy in transit) in a desert as Palestine.
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Old 08-28-2009, 03:51 PM
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Holy shit that's awesome! The one I Googled was some ad-strewn piece of crap. I don't know why Goog didn't just link me to itself first. :thankee:

P.S. - How adorable is it that Google translated "livius" as "Livy"? I'm like a superfamous Latin Golden Age writer!!1
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I just noticed the title of the Danish blog article looks like "Alexander the Little-bitty" as well. :aww: (Oh but it translates to "Alexander the Tiny". BORING!)
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Old 08-28-2009, 04:03 PM
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Totally precious. I was all :squee:.
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Old 08-28-2009, 04:31 PM
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Sorry, was swamped at work. Glad you found a good translator, seems pretty accurate. Tough to say, as Daninsh is the arse of Scandinavian languages (with Icelandic being the colon, though), and my knowledge of Swedish and rudimentary Norwegian left me a little stumped at places.
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Old 08-28-2009, 04:42 PM
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Wow, internecine bigotry itt.
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She's right, though. Danish is the arse of Scandinavian languages. However, Icelandic sounds purty and sexy!
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What translator did you google up? I just ask cuz this one is the best, for future reference (better than babelfish, even).

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Oooo! :excited:


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P.S. - How adorable is it that Google translated "livius" as "Livy"? I'm like a superfamous Latin Golden Age writer!!1
What do you mean, "like"?
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