Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 45 | My View more quotes about father">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. |
| 3 | 51 | The machine, however, according to my father, retained the advantage that its mistakes would not be intentional, and that its translations, even if inadequate, would be honest. |
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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.
The machine, however, according to my father, retained the advantage that its mistakes would not be intentional, and that its translations, even if inadequate, would be honest.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)