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> >I do not envy the work of the translators,
> >Lem used quite a bit of punning, and especially in the story _How The
> >World Was Saved_ a lot hinges on the initial letter of different words.
> >In swedish the machine could make everything beginning with 'I' instead
> >of 'n' as in your excerpt; I wonder how much the translator had to
> >change?
>
> I presume there's a prefix in Swedish meaning "not" or "non-" in Swedish
> that begins with "i", but even so.... I'm awed; check out
> http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/spreer/Lem.html, and look for Stanislaw
> Lem on the used book shelves....
The most common negation prefix in swedish (I think) is "in-"...
> Cheers,
> Kennita
>
>
> Kennita Watson | The bond that links your true family is not one of
blood,
> kwatson@netcom.com| but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely
do
> | members of the same family grow up under the same
roof.
> | -- Richard Bach,
_Illusions_
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