Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 47 | The machine, however, View more quotes about particularly">particularly to Torm's relief, allowed me to practice on my own. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 44 | On the other hand, a new succession of noises in A would be received by the machine and emitted as a message in Gorean. |
| 3 | 45 | My father, to my delight, had taped one of these translation devices with English, and accordingly it was a most useful tool in working out equivalent phrases. |
| 3 | 46 | Also, of course, he and Torm worked intensively with me. |
| 3 | 47 | The machine, however, particularly to Torm's relief, allowed me to practice on my own. |
| 3 | 48 | These translation machines are a marvel of miniaturization, each of them, about the size of a portable typewriter, being programmed for four non-Gorean languages. |
| 3 | 49 | The translations, of course, are rather literal, and the vocabulary is limited to recognitions of only about 25,000 equivalencies for each language. |
| 3 | 50 | Accordingly, for subtle communication or the fullest expression of thought, the machine was inferior to a skilled linguist. |
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On the other hand, a new succession of noises in A would be received by the machine and emitted as a message in Gorean.
My father, to my delight, had taped one of these translation devices with English, and accordingly it was a most useful tool in working out equivalent phrases.
Also, of course, he and Torm worked intensively with me.
The machine, however, particularly to Torm's relief, allowed me to practice on my own.
These translation machines are a marvel of miniaturization, each of them, about the size of a portable typewriter, being programmed for four non-Gorean languages.
The translations, of course, are rather literal, and the vocabulary is limited to recognitions of only about 25,000 equivalencies for each language.
Accordingly, for subtle communication or the fullest expression of thought, the machine was inferior to a skilled linguist.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)