Babbling Babel Fish sparks international incident

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 8, 2007 4:07 AM EDT
Reg Developer; By Cade Metz
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A word of advice: Never use Babel Fish to communicate with the Dutch Foreign Minister. Last weekend, a group of Israeli journalists used the popular online translation site in sending an email message to the Dutch Consulate in Tel Aviv. They wanted to discuss an upcoming visit to The Netherlands for a seminar on Dutch politics, but they ended up asking the minister several nonsensical questions about his mother.

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