Re: Need help choosing a novel to read

From: Marc Adler (marc.adler_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 03:33:27 GMT

Bart Mathiasek idatzi du 1/14/2005 5:01 PM:

> Translations of Japanese novels and short stories often have amazing
> bloopers.

Patents, too. A reference for a patent I did recently had "bulb metal"
instead of "valve metal."

Marc

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