Today I read a nice article about the Silent Disco (half a page of newspaper: 19 unknown words, 14 of which I couldn't infer from context.

Dutch word order can be *very* difficult sometimes:
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here's a simple translation algorithm:
* translate word-by-word
* rearrange words to be grammatical, preserving intended meaning
* translate expressions

I wish we had names for these different levels of translation. The deeper down, the more interpretation this kind of translation requires.

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Today a recruiter gave me a spelling test in Dutch:
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My English spelling:
you may have noticed that I deviate from both American and British standards. I'm closer to the Canadian standard, but that's still not.

Words taken from here. I invite all persons with ambiguous dialects to fill this out as well

Here are my spelling preferences:
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and my vocabulary:
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