Subj : Anecdotes about translators
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Mon Oct 04 2021 16:54:38

Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 30.09.2021 23:36

 ak>>  I am not sure I know the correct word. In Russia we
 ak>>  use the word "a male goat" as an idiomatic sleng word
 ak>>  meaning absence of respect, or when you have a
 ak>>  resentment to somebody.
 AH>           When I looked up "twit" in THE FREE DICTIONARY I
 AH> found quite a lot of stuff you might find useful, including
 AH> definitions & synonyms.  In summary... a twit is a foolish, stupid,
 AH> annoying, and/or insignificant person.  I'm guessing that is more or
 AH> less what you were thinking of here.  :-)

Sorry for silence. I am busy with... guess with what? I am rewriting my
ReformatorQuoter app for... Linux! ;-) Do you know that Windows, an
American operating system, has been declared in Russia as undesirable
product of an enemy state, and there had been issued an order to refuse
from it (in all state structures) and rewrite all applications to the
Russian version of Linux (a Debian clone). It it very funny and I have
some fun too, having a chance to meet with Linux and its developing tool
Qtcreator. I like it in general, although the concepts of the program
should be changed and it will take time. But it will be cooler working
with different character coding systems.

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
fido.english_tutor 2021
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