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Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)

They are produced in a flat, mechanical fashion. - (Savages of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #580)
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)

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1 577 Thus, then, do I bring you greetings on behalf of the Peoples, on behalf of the ships, and the Steel Worlds.
1 578 Thus, then, do I bring you greetings on behalf of the cliffs of the thousand tribes".
1 579 These words, and word groups, came forth from the translator, following intervals between the creature's inputs.
1 580 They are produced in a flat, mechanical fashion.
1 581 The intonation contours, as well as meaningful tonal qualities, pitches and stresses, from which one can gather so much in living speech, unfortunately, tend to be absent or only randomly correlated in such a formal, desiccated output.
1 582 Similarly the translation, it seems, is often imperfect, or, at least, awkward and choppy.
1 583 Indeed, it takes a few moments before one can begin to follow the productions of such a machine coherently but, once this adjustment is made, there is little difficulty in comprehending the gist of what is being conveyed.
Thus, then, do I bring you greetings on behalf of the Peoples, on behalf of the ships, and the Steel Worlds. Thus, then, do I bring you greetings on behalf of the cliffs of the thousand tribes". These words, and word groups, came forth from the translator, following intervals between the creature's inputs. They are produced in a flat, mechanical fashion. The intonation contours, as well as meaningful tonal qualities, pitches and stresses, from which one can gather so much in living speech, unfortunately, tend to be absent or only randomly correlated in such a formal, desiccated output. Similarly the translation, it seems, is often imperfect, or, at least, awkward and choppy. Indeed, it takes a few moments before one can begin to follow the productions of such a machine coherently but, once this adjustment is made, there is little difficulty in comprehending the gist of what is being conveyed. - (Savages of Gor)