"Can't" in the sense of "This can't be happening".

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

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