Hey Heretic;
The only twist in that is that anyone can go to
http://world.altavista.com and translate to/from German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and other languages. As long as you have a basic rudimentary feel for the language you are translating into, it works pretty fargin' good.
Of course knowing the actual language helps a lot, then it's your spell-checker!
As for Nadine, no she's not fat, compared to most layabout on the couch all day face-stuffing 20-something chicks who seem to think a belly hanging out over a pair of tight black slacks is sexy. 'Scuse me while I barf. I grew up in 80s when obesity wasn't average, it was considered a disorder.
The sometimes caustic
Whinston