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From: neal@druny.UUCP (Neal D. McBurnett)
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Subject: enskribo en ^sercan konkurson (Esperante, with machine translation)
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 22:45:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 22:45:32 1985
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PRENTISS RIDDLE demandas:
	kiom esperantistojn bezonas oni por en^sra^ubi lumbulbon?
mi respondas:
	esperantistoj ne en^sra^ubas lumbulbojn por ilumini la mondo,
		ili instruas esperanton!

"Translation", by the lisp program I posted in December:
(PRENTISS) (RIDDLE) ask_presVerb:
	whatQuantity esperanto_occupation_plNounObj need_presVerb one for
		inscrew_infVerb loin(ulb)_nounObj?
I answer_presVerb:
	esperanto_occupation_plNoun no inscrew_presVerb loin(ulb)_plNounObj
		for illuminate_infVerb the world_noun,
		they teach_presVerb esperanto_nounObj!
Of course, "loin(ulb)_nounObj" should be "shine_bulb_nounObj", but the
	program goes for the longest match it can get (lumb = loin)....

-Neal McBurnett, ihnp4!druny!neal