ask me anything - mcj answers them

[Lucifer]

at last!

did you, in fact, do the moose test thing on your car?

anyway... pucker up, big boy - we've got some catching up to do!   

[odeon]

Oh, right, I was going to reply on that but I forgot. Google translations at work, eh?

[Triste]

Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

[Lucifer]

Oh, right, I was going to reply on that but I forgot. Google translations at work, eh?

nope. 

[odeon]

So where did you get it? The Swedish was, well, not quite it.

[Lucifer]

look, i'm sorry if my swedish isn't that fluent.  i try my best.

/trembly bottom lip...

convinced?

no?

sigh...

The Truth, then:  oh, fuck knows - some free online translation site or other.  i had to translate some italian (badly) for my last novel, so i used a few.

[McGiver]

Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.

[odeon]

lol, yeah, I thought so, but a beautiful effort nonetheless.

Det är ändå mest synd om älgen.

[Lucifer]

flattery will get you...  well, it'll get you anywhere you like.

so, you didn't have an moose test, then?

(they really are crap translators on the return journey, so as to speak - i've got sin going on in my translation.  ah.  erm...     oooooh...).

[odeon]

A return trip usually messes up stuff beyond recognition. Which reminds me of a true story...

Years ago, I did some translating for Volvo Cars, using professional translation tools with large, specialized word and phrase databases. The tool would suggest a translation after a comparison with the database, and I'd check it and make adjustments if necessary. And, of course, translate anything that the tool wouldn't catch.

Problem was, after some time the company I worked for needed to save money so they told me to stop proofing. But around that same time, the tool was updated and introduced a nasty new bug that would translate text back to the original language (English) in some cases, for example, when requesting new translations for material already "sweeped" once.

All I can say is that if you own a first-generation Volvo S40 and need to repair its central locking or car alarm, do it yourself.

[Triste]

Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.

Wise man.  Because there is a tendency, when you're in labor, to look over at the man crouching in the corner, and yell "You!  It's all your damn fault!"

[McGiver]

Will you rub your wife's back and wipe the sweat off her brow when she's in labor?

when she is in labor i will do anything she asks me to do.
i have found that is the best way to procede, since i end up honoring her request the easy way or the hard way.
i choose easy.

Wise man.  Because there is a tendency, when you're in labor, to look over at the man crouching in the corner, and yell "You!  It's all your damn fault!"

hey i just wanted to orgasm.  not my problem if her egg was willing to be insemenated.

[Lucifer]

erm, odeon, darlin', should we... wander off somewhere, and let this lot get on with it, do you think?

 

(pleasenoticeididn'tmentionafoomnotevenalittlebit...)

[Triste]

hey i just wanted to orgasm.  not my problem if her egg was willing to be insemenated.

Right.  But while she's in labor, you shoulder ALL the blame.  And don't forget it.  Because she's the one suffering for it.

[odeon]

erm, odeon, darlin', should we... wander off somewhere, and let this lot get on with it, do you think?

Foom.