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Last activity 27 July 2011 by HeyJude

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Stormtrooper

I think the 'auto-translation' (french to english) of this site does not always do a good job in my opinion.

I just lifted this from your classifieds section (translation in bold)!


a vendre ampli yamaha
a vendre ampli yamaha 120watts RMS x 4 channels.. en très bonne état..peut être utilisé comme 'home cinéma' ou brancher avec pc..ou bien a usage normal et faire péter la maison avec du bon son ;)..prix 6000rs neg..acheteur mauricien seulement


for sale yamaha amp 120watts RMS x 4 channels .. in very good condition .. can be used as 'home cinema' or connect with pc .. or normal wear and make a fart home with good sound;) .. .. price neg 6000R buyer only Mauritian

Sleeping Cookie

:)
Actually it's the exact same translation as in Google Translate.

When you use slang, no automatic translation can really translate the meaning.

FeeAcer

Even when you write properly (no slang), automatic translation is rarely accurate!

Julien

we're using google translate.

we indeed need to review the whole conception, we'll concentrate on that in a while

andreaChad

Quite entertaining though!

HeyJude

Hahahahaha, thanks for the laugh, you have to love automatic translation.

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