Re: So it is true...


Wiktor S. wrote:
> >> I've noticed on consumer product labels that a Uni-Scand version is
> >> sometimes used, with translations only when the words are very
> >> different. Eg on a "bath & creme" product one of the languages is
> >> "S/DK/N": the product is said to leave "huden din" (your skin, in
> >> Norwegian) "deilig myk/dejlig blød/underbart mjuk" (wonderfully soft,
> >> in N/DK/S -- ie the reverse of the stated order!). There seems to
> >> be a certain redundancy there.
> >
> > Yes, this is fairly common. I guess it takes up less space than
> > writing it three (or four) times.
>
>
> Interesting, that this is not the case of Czech and Slovak - my eau de
> toilette says:
>
> Toaletní voda: Datum výroby: uvedeno na výrobku. (CZ)
> Toaletná voda: Dátum výroby: uvedený na výrobku. (SK)
>
> The differencies always are so huge ;-)
>
>
>
> --
> Azarien

Is that only since Czechoslovakia split or was it common before?

Does anyone speak Serbo-Croatian any more? Or do we have only separate
Serbian and Croatian speakers?

--
Seán O'Leathlóbhair

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