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The chip, and the engraving, are from 1987. Clearly, this will be a complete surprise to you, but in 1987 we didn't have google translate and chatgpt to think
by kjs3 3y ago
The chip, and the engraving, are from 1987.
Clearly, this will be a complete surprise to you, but in 1987 we didn't have google translate and chatgpt to think for us.
- mananaysiempre 3y agoI mean, given that both of those produced nice-sounding but wrong translations, that doesn’t count for much, does it? To borrow a saying, the correct tool to translate things into Russian is a Russian speaker (native or otherwise). But I didn’t actually mean to criticise, really. It’s just funny. (Not nearly as hilarious, say, the Russian passport in The Bourne Identity, but still pretty funny.)
- kjs3 3y agoIn 1987, before the fall of the Soviet Union and all the tension that engendered, some American engineers didn't seek out a native Russian speaker to round out their inside joke with a perfect translation. One that could only be seen under a microscope. Weird, huh? /sarcasm Russian passport in The Bourne Identity Oh...you have some weird axe to grind. Figures.