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   Thomas Prufer to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: The power of languages (Re: naughty    
   27 Dec 25 15:29:43   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers   
   From: prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:28:37 GMT, Charlie Gibbs    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-12-24, Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Translating poetry is VERY hard, because on top of the challenges   
   >> of prose, you often need to match one or more of rhymes, cadence   
   >> and allitterations.   
   >   
   >And translating puns is pretty much impossible.   
      
   Or catchy ad slogans.   
      
      
   Thomas Prufer   
      
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