Marco's message and Google's Detect Language
Hafsteinn Hafliðason (Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:36:47 PST)

Hello!

Try this in Google Translate and enjoy: Þetta tungumál er fyrsta vestur
evrópska tungumálið sem staðfest er að heyrðist í Norður-Ameríku. Það var
fyrir þúsund árum. Rústir af húsum þessa fólks hafa fundist á Nýfundnalandi.
Þetta tungumál er nú aðeins talað af þrjú hundruð þúsund manna sem lifir á
vestustu eyju Evrópu.

Hint: Papaver nudicaule, in spike of the common name, has nothing to do with
this island. The plant is a siberian native, although it is grown in gardens
everywhere on the island!

Thank you for all the interesting information I have got on bulbs and
bulbgrowing all over. I am a devoted "bulbophile" myself, but the climate
around me is quite restricting, so I stick to tulips, daffodills and such,
as I have no frostfree greenhouse. But some have anyhow found their way to
my windowsill!

I wish all of you a very merry and prosperious New Year.

Hafsteinn Hafl.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:40 PM
Subject: [pbs] Marco's message and Google's Detect Language

I have discovered something new in Google Translate: Detect Language.

I wasn't sure which language Marco's out-of-office message was written
in, as Spanish to English didn't work at all, but Detect Language knew
it was Italian, and translated it.

Very useful. I wonder how it will manage with rarer languages?

Diane Whitehead

On 31-Dec-09, at 1:06 PM, Marco Liboni wrote: