Re: S4 Doctor Who: a complaint and a little praise

jayembee wrote:
> ravenlynne <ravenlynne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> jayembee wrote:
>>> The TARDIS is translating what the Pompeiians are saying into what
>>> The Doctor and Donna are hearing. The Pompeiians say "Suma" and
>>> The Doctor and Donna hear "Vesuvius".
>> That would be correct if Suma ( or Somma) translated into "Vesuvius" 
>> which it doesn't.
> 
> That doesn't matter. The TARDIS isn't doing a simple word-to-word
> translation. It's psychic, and therefore understands not only what
> is said, but what is meant. Therefore, when the Pompeiians say
> "Suma", the TARDIS understands that they're referring to the big
> mountain a few miles outside the city. It also understands that
> The Doctor and Donna call that big mountain Vesuvius, and therefore
> translates "Suma" into "Vesuvius".
> 
> It would be similar to translating "Österreich" into "Austria"
> rather than "Eastern Kingdom".
> 
> And that's because it obviously understands that proper names are
> not words to be translated, per se, otherwise the (male) soothsayer
> would've been introduced as "Light Stone Right" rather than "Lucius
> Petrus Dextrous".
> 
> -- jayembee

DOI...I see what you're saying.

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     Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a 
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