Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 52 | "You must learn," Torm had said matter-of-factly, "the history and legends of Gor, its geography and economics, its social structures and customs, such as the caste system and clan groups, the right of placing the Home Stone, the Places of Sanctuary, when quarter is and is not permitted in war, and so on". |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 49 | The translations, of course, are rather literal, and the vocabulary is limited to recognitions of only about 25,000 equivalencies for each language. |
| 3 | 50 | Accordingly, for subtle communication or the fullest expression of thought, the machine was inferior to a skilled linguist. |
| 3 | 51 | The machine, however, according to my father, retained the advantage that its mistakes would not be intentional, and that its translations, even if inadequate, would be honest. |
| 3 | 52 | "You must learn," Torm had said matter-of-factly, "the history and legends of Gor, its geography and economics, its social structures and customs, such as the caste system and clan groups, the right of placing the Home Stone, the Places of Sanctuary, when quarter is and is not permitted in war, and so on". |
| 3 | 53 | And I learned these things, or as much as I could in the time I was given. |
| 3 | 54 | Occasionally Torm would cry out in horror as I made a mistake, incomprehension and disbelief written large on his features, and he would then sadly take up a large scroll, containing the work of an author of whom he disapproved, and strike me smartly on the head with it. |
| 3 | 55 | One way or another, he was determined that I should profit by his instruction. |
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The translations, of course, are rather literal, and the vocabulary is limited to recognitions of only about 25,000 equivalencies for each language.
Accordingly, for subtle communication or the fullest expression of thought, the machine was inferior to a skilled linguist.
The machine, however, according to my father, retained the advantage that its mistakes would not be intentional, and that its translations, even if inadequate, would be honest.
"You must learn," Torm had said matter-of-factly, "the history and legends of Gor, its geography and economics, its social structures and customs, such as the caste system and clan groups, the right of placing the Home Stone, the Places of Sanctuary, when quarter is and is not permitted in war, and so on".
And I learned these things, or as much as I could in the time I was given.
Occasionally Torm would cry out in horror as I made a mistake, incomprehension and disbelief written large on his features, and he would then sadly take up a large scroll, containing the work of an author of whom he disapproved, and strike me smartly on the head with it.
One way or another, he was determined that I should profit by his instruction.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 3)