[dba-Tech] OT Windows Language Settings

I do use the online services from time to time but as you say, the literal
translations can wreak havoc!

One could also use those little hand held translaters but the time put into
that would be considerable and the literal translations would still be a
problem.
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  Do it on-line John! http://dictionary.reference.com/translate translated
"use it or lose it" as "utilícelo o piérdalo", which is pretty good. On the
downside it rendered "cool as a cucumber" into "Refresqúese como pepino"
(which I make "refresh yourself like a cucumber does"). Still, it could lead
to some interesting meetings :-)))))

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  Andy Lacey
  http://www.minstersystems.co.uk




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    Date: 10/10/03 14:59


    Isn't it odd that most of the applications can be switched to another
    language but not the OS?!

    OK, well, interpreter time then. My Spanish has disintegrated into
courteous
    greetings and such. I am no longer capable of a real conversation. My
German
    has gone to that same lost area of my brain. I guess the old saying of
"use
    it or lose it" is quite true!

    jb
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    I think not John. I believe the upshot of this discussion is that
Windows
    will only display in one language, that for which it was installed.

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    Andy Lacey
    http://www.minstersystems.co.uk




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    Date: 10/10/03 14:36


    A follow-up to this for anyone - Does WinXP have the ability to switch
    between English(US) and Spanish?

    (I have possible customers lined up for some sys-admin work but they
only
    speak Spanish and I would need an interpreter to work with them. Because
    most of what I would be doing wouldn't involve any discussions if I
could
    switch between languages on the computers I could do most of it without
an
    interpreter.)


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