--- MonkeeSage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 9, 6:23 pm, MonkeeSage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Bruno,
> >
> > I think that we've been having a mainly "semantic"
> (pun intended)
> > dispute. I think you're right, that we've been
> using the same words
> > with different meanings.
> >
I think Ruby and Python have lots of false cognates,
or faux amis.
> >
> > But at the same time, I can see how my python
> example can be seen as
> > *wildly* different (WTF?) as well. Maybe there is
> no easy way to
> > provide a true formally equivalent translation due
> to the
> > implementation differences of the languages (or if
> Saphir-Whorf is
> > right, maybe we just can't think of it! ;)
> >
I think that there is an inherent difficulty in
translation here. To give a metaphor, it's
impossible, or at least very difficult, to explain, in
French, how certain English phrases translate to
French, without your French sounding a little English,
or just downright wrong. And vice versa.
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