Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Nov 27 22:59:57 CST 2004
On 25 Nov 2004 at 8:50, Roz Clarke wrote: > Anything that's spelt differently is no problem for text translation, only > aural translation. So I don't think those *would* work! > > Right (correct) and right (hand) and free (at liberty) and free (gratuit) > are the only ones I can think of just now. > Take a look at the number of meanings for the words "set" and "run" in any good dictionary :-) As an aside, most difficult words to translate: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3830521.stm (I'm coming in on this a bit late. I've just spent the last week sailing from the Whitsundays in Australia to PNG and I'm just catching up on a weeks worth of email. A great experience. My first time to sail a square rigger - a 53ft brigantine.) -- Stuart