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  • Green business gets translated as Green affare "bargain green", which makes one wonder why the MT system, which I believe is rule-based, did not come up with the Italian adjective verde, which shares most of the figurative meanings green has in English; L'intégrale des chats becomes La totalità dei gatti, i.e. "all the cats".

    La Tribune Online Translations: The Integral of the Cats Judy 2009

  • Mah Scarlet kitteh had a lub affare wif one ov mah kaktus.

    Tough cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Truu, it duz b a daytime reesepshun, not an evening affare…..

    make da voicez - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • General Bencivenga, [74] that it was good business -- "_un buon affare_" -- in exchange for Valona to obtain a solid and secure friendship with the Albanians.

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

  • It is not my affare as Hildegarde has _full charge_ of him and I _never_ intefear, but I would sujjest that if you _beleeve_ in him he will do better.

    The Story of Patsy Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • Tuttociò che ebbe luogo per la rappresentazione del suo Marino Faliero lo inquictò pure moltissimo e dietro ad un articolo di una Gazetta di Milano in cui si parlava di quell 'affare egli mi scrisse così --' Ecco la verità di ciò che io vi dissi pochi giorni fa, come vengo sacrificato in tutte le maniere seza sapere il _perché_ e il _come_.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • December 20, 2007 at 1:09 pm gud ideer–I’ll git my Ma, 2–it’ll B a fambily affare!

    teamwork. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

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  • Tuttocio che ebbe luogo per la rappresentazione del suo Marino Faliero lo inquicto pure moltissimo e dietro ad un articolo di una Gazetta di Milano in cui si parlava di quell 'affare egli mi scrisse cosi ”' Ecco la verita di cio che io vi dissi pochi giorni fa, come vengo sacrificato in tutte le maniere seza sapere il perche e il come.

    Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854

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