A Very Early Wheellock Arquebus, ca. 1530, in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Fernando K

... P. S. Why have you signed your mail as "Fan" (Fan)?. You're not a fan .......

Ah, ah, Fernando ... the usual confusion with translations
Michael certainly wished to express his afection (fondness), same as you finish your posts with Affectionately and not his aficion (castillan for fanship).
If translation of conversational phrases is hard, translating technical terms is ten times as harder. I am rather surprised that Michael understands your (automatic) translations rather easy

[fernando]

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[Fernando K]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fernando K

[Matchlock]

Originally Posted by fernando

Ah, ah, Fernando ... the usual confusion with translations
Michael certainly wished to express his afection (fondness), same as you finish your posts with Affectionately and not his aficion (castillan for fanship).
If translation of conversational phrases is hard, translating technical terms is ten times as harder. I am rather surprised that Michael understands your (automatic) translations rather easy

You are absolutely right, 'Nando,

I am just a bit confused when Fernando K. uses key for lock, whereas key means llave and lock would be cierre - on both a door and a weapon.

Best,
Michl

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

You are absolutely right, 'Nando,

I am just a bit confused when Fernando K. uses key for lock, whereas key means llave and lock would be cierre - on both a door and a weapon.

Best,
Michl

Translations are not necessarily the same as interpretations, reason why when you make a rigorous statement you need an interpreter and not a translator ; you know, the idiomatic issue. Spaniards call the lock a key (llave), reason why Fernando's translation engine gives him the 'key' term.
... Whereas the Portuguese call it fecho, which corresponds to lock, as in english.

[Matchlock]

Well, when I looked up the English and German equivalents for llave and cierre I found the correct definitions right away.

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