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		swah on Jan 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "this gem is awesome".to_spanish # = "esta joya es... Translate fail already... user won't understand that 'joya' means a Ruby gem :)

burgerbrain on Jan 12, 2011 [–]

In context, and with the slightest amount of deductive reasoning, I don't see why they wouldn't.

swah on Jan 12, 2011 | [–]

Sure, but those can read basic english too.

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