Can not vs. Must not?

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Post #416,750 by drook 1/19/17 9:44:22 AM 1/19/17 9:45:00 AM Reply	Can not vs. Must not? The first suggests impossible; the second, unacceptable. -- Drew Edited by drook Jan. 19, 2017, 09:45:00 AM EST Expand All History
Post #416,751 by Andrew Grygus 1/19/17 11:08:03 AM 1/19/17 11:08:03 AM Reply	LRPD: "It's all in the pronunciation"
Post #416,754 by malraux 1/19/17 1:07:52 PM 1/19/17 1:07:52 PM Reply	"This is gonna blow up - like a coeliac at a bread festival." Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #416,752 by mmoffitt 1/19/17 12:01:51 PM 1/19/17 12:01:51 PM Reply	"Can't" in the sense of "This can't be happening". On second thought, I think it might be better to say something I used to hear when I was a kid and asked to do something I wouldn't be allowed to do. Трамп? Нет, невозможно! IIRC, that's roughly "No, not permitted." Or even simpler, ... Трамп? Нет! bcnu, Mikem Social Media is for Sociopaths.
Post #416,753 by drook 1/19/17 12:50:15 PM 1/19/17 12:50:15 PM Reply	Translation is hard You have to be a native speaker of the source language to understand the nuance, but have to be a native speaker of the target to convey it. -- Drew
Post #416,758 by Another Scott 1/19/17 10:10:55 PM 1/19/17 10:10:55 PM Reply	Supposedly they've "turned on the AI" for Google Translate recently. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/22/googles-ai-translation-tool-seems-to-have-invented-its-own-secret-internal-language/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #416,761 by drook 1/19/17 10:35:31 PM 1/19/17 10:35:31 PM Reply	Splendid And the article is exactly the right level of snark. No doubt the question of deeper concepts being created and employed by the system will warrant further investigation. Until then, let’s assume the worst. -- Drew

Is this the best Russian translation? - (Another Scott) - (14) - Jan. 18, 2017, 09:42:33 PM EST

I believe the Russians spell Trump, Трамп. - (mmoffitt) - (10) - Jan. 19, 2017, 09:42:13 AM EST

Can not vs. Must not? - (drook) - (6) - Jan. 19, 2017, 09:45:00 AM EST

LRPD: "It's all in the pronunciation" -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 19, 2017, 11:08:03 AM EST

"This is gonna blow up - like a coeliac at a bread festival." -NT - (malraux) - Jan. 19, 2017, 01:07:52 PM EST

"Can't" in the sense of "This can't be happening". - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Jan. 19, 2017, 12:01:51 PM EST

Translation is hard - (drook) - (2) - Jan. 19, 2017, 12:50:15 PM EST

Supposedly they've "turned on the AI" for Google Translate recently. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 19, 2017, 10:10:55 PM EST

Splendid - (drook) - Jan. 19, 2017, 10:35:31 PM EST

Thanks. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 19, 2017, 10:16:00 PM EST

13 stripes with the hammer and sickle instead of stars. -NT - (malraux) - Jan. 20, 2017, 04:55:19 PM EST

Well done! I can't add to what you said. Трамп is phonetically close. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 19, 2017, 11:32:51 PM EST

My humble graphic. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 20, 2017, 12:09:08 AM EST

Nice. Feels like August, 1991 again, doesn't it? -NT - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 20, 2017, 10:58:58 AM EST

Spaceba, Tovarisch.. - (Ashton) - Jan. 20, 2017, 10:18:23 PM EST

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