From: Mark Wallace Date: 2003-09-26T01:42:27+09:00 Subject: Re: Prove internet package for Microsoft Internet Explorer Gary P wrote: > "Mark Wallace" wrote in message > news:bkueqd$5vv80$1@ID-51325.news.uni-berlin.de... >> Anthony Neville wrote: >>>> "Suhaimi" wrote in message >>>> news:bku9nl$q6h$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg... >>> > Microsoft All Products | Support | Search | Microsoft.com >>> Guide [...] >>> >>> Grow up little nerdy boy. Infecting people's machines is so pass�, >>> so why not >>> do something productive like invade North Korea. >> >> I like the way his translator program or web-site has given "prove" >> for "test". *So* cute. You could just snuggle him up, before >> wringing his scrawny neck. > > It's not wrong though. > > He's a dick, but "prove" does mean test. Not in that context, when 'test' and 'try' are available. That's the problem with direct translations: They go for the most common parallel, so the word that translated to 'prove' must be used as we would use 'prove' more than as we use 'test'. -- Mark Wallace ----------------------------------------------------- For the intelligent approach to nasty humour, visit: The Anglo-American Humour (humor) Site http://earth.prohosting.com/mwal/ -----------------------------------------------------