[Finns]Talvisodan sotapäiväkirjat netissä

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Sadly, I doubt it. These are scans of the original documents, I think that translating and writing all of the 3000+ documents available in finnish would be too big of an task.

Perhaps a babelfish program would translate the page? Perhaps you could call me and read me a bed time story over the phone since I can not read your language.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Perhaps a babelfish program would translate the page?

If you are willing to type all the document to babelfish. Like I said, they are scanned from the originals, i.e. handwritten pages. You cant just copy & paste them, now can you?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Dowly

If you are willing to type all the document to babelfish. Like I said, they are scanned from the originals, i.e. handwritten pages. You cant just copy & paste them, now can you?

Oh, I see. These are just being scanned from the originals correct? That makes sense. It does not relieve you of the bedtime stories as a result.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Perhaps you could call me and read me a bed time story

Majority seems to be typed. It's possible to transform scanned typed text into text files pretty quickly. Been there done that.

Not saying I'm going to transform these texts though. I'd suggest you learn basics of Finnish, most of the entries are stuff like "Morning tea", "Pointing artillery eastward", "Shooting", "Going to sleep" etc.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

...most of the entries are stuff like "Morning tea"

Sounds a very British way to fight a war...

Originally Posted by Oberon

Sounds a very British way to fight a war...

We had morning tea when I was in the service. It's more like a breakfast but it's called morning tea. Unless you're in a guerilla unit and in the bush, then your morning tea will be the funny colored water from a near-by ditch. Just add water purification pills and shake.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

We had morning tea when I was in the service. It's more like a breakfast but it's called morning tea. Unless you're in a guerilla unit and in the bush, then your morning tea will be the funny colored water from a near-by ditch. Just add water purification pills and shake.

What sorta food do you have on the average morning tea?

Originally Posted by Oberon

What sorta food do you have on the average morning tea?

In the military? When at the barracks or on an exercise, usually porridge and bread. There was tea and coffee but the coffee tasted horrible. Guerrillas had their own guerilla rations, kinda like the MRE's the Americans have. Those ration packs were ok, they even had chocolate which was eaten first.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

We had morning tea when I was in the service. It's more like a breakfast but it's called morning tea. Unless you're in a guerilla unit and in the bush, then your morning tea will be the funny colored water from a near-by ditch. Just add water purification pills and shake.

You guys actually used those? Blech.....