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Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:05:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Max Kubierschky <max@isinet.it>
Subject: misc practical questions
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FLUENCY
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On the Lojban website I've read, that fluency in lojban
not yet has been achieved.
* Is this true? Wrt what definition of fluency?
* For those of you that can speak it to some extent:
  - How would you describe your ability in speaking lojban?
  - How much time did you invest in learning it?
* Do you think that fluency can be achieved as well
  as in some natural second language?

MACHINE TRANSLATIONS
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My interest in lojban stems from its machine readability
and I wonder if it could be used as an auxiliary language
for internationalization of software and manuals.
* Do you think that medium quality machine translations
  of technical documents from lojban to natural languages 
  can be possible in the near future?
  By medium quality I mean translations that are neither
  misleading nor annoying to read. Superb style is not
  requested.
* Is there already work on the way?

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Max Kubierschky
max@isinet.it