There have been a few messages recently that seem to point up the
need for language translations between English and German.  I saw
that there is a company that sells software to do crude
word-for-word translations.  Maybe we could all contribute a dollar
or two, and Jody could buy a copy for use on articles of this
digest.  I don't have the company's name, but their phone number is
800-535-5256 or 714-223-0620.

 [ Steve,
 [    You may remember the anecdote regarding an early English-Russian
 [ translation system.  The input was "The spirit is willing but the
 [ flesh is weak".  The output was (essentially) "The Vodka is good
 [ but the steaks are terrible".
 [ 
 [    I have an English-to-Spanish translation program written in
 [ San Diego, where they should know about such things.  I was
 [ not particularly impressed.  It might be an interesting
 [ experiment.  The Spanish translation program was << $100.  If
 [ you are up to calling them, I'd be interested.  I'd be _REALLY_
 [ interested if they would take one of our articles and translate
 [ it for us as an experiment.
 [ 
 [    Jody