Riddle
You buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Answer: Silverware.
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Riddle
I start with M and end with X. I have a never ending amount of letters. What am I?
Answer: A mailbox.
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World Cup Quiz
World Cup Quiz
Think you know football? Take our quiz to find out. Share the results with your friends.
Transit NXT Service Pack 10 released
New Service Pack 10 for Transit NXT released
You can now install the new Service Pack 10 for Transit/TermStar NXT and immediately benefit from enhanced features.
An overview of the new features and information on where to download the new Service Pack.
- Additional MT systems supported: DeepL Pro | Microsoft Translator (as an Azure service)
- Additional project exchange format supported: SDL WorldServer
- Additional file types supported: InDesign CC 2018 | AutoCAD 2018
- Quality assurance
- Quality report as a standard function
- Additional spellcheck options
- Notification on acceptance of unchanged fuzzy matches
- Terminology
- Usage examples from monolingual material
- Extended data model
- System integration: Extended Command Line Interface of the optional CMD version
Downloading the Service Pack
You can download the new Service Pack from the STAR Group website in the “Download | Transit & TermStar NXT | Service Pack” area.
Updated user documentation
The current user documentation can be found on the STAR Group website in the “Download | Transit & TermStar NXT | User Documentation” area.
End of Windows Server 2003 support
Microsoft has discontinued support for Windows Server 2003 in 2015 and will no longer provide security updates. We therefore strongly advise against installing the Service Pack in a Windows Server 2003 system.
Should you use Transit/TermStar in a Windows Server 2003, full functionality of the software cannot be guaranteed, and no support can be provided.
Transit Technology Tools and Systems
For more information on STAR’s suite of translation technology and systems visit us on: https://www.star-ts.com/technology/
or click below and talk directly to James Davies on LinkedIn.
Riddle
What has a bed but doesn’t sleep and a mouth but never eats?
Answer: A river.
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French Idioms and their English meanings
An idiom is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. They are usually established in language by their common usage.
Idioms are often different from a country to another country.
Here’s a few French idioms and phrases and their equivalence in English
| French Idiom | Literally Translated | English Idiom |
| Il pleut des cordes | It rains ropes | It rains cats and dogs |
| Quand les poules auront des dents | When the hen will have teeth | When pigs fly |
| On ne peut pas etre au four et au moulin | You can’t be at the oven and at the mill | One can’t be in two places at once |
| Ce n’est pas ma tasse de thé | It is not my cup of tea | It’s not my bowl of rice |
| Filer á l’anglaise | To take English leave | Take French leave |
| Avoir le vent en poupe | To have the wind in one’s sails | All wheels in motion |
| Noyer le poisson | to drown the fish | To beat around the bush |
| Jamais deux sans trois | Never two without three | Never twice without thrice |
| Courir sur le haricot | To run on the bean | To get on someone’s nerve |
Riddle
What do you call somebody with no body and no nose?
Answer: Nobody Knows.
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Riddle
If you are running in a race and pass the third-place person, what place are you in?
Answer: 3.
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Russian language Day
Numbers in Russian.
Learn to count in Russian.
| Number | Written | Pronounced |
| 1 | один | a’deen |
| 2 | два | dva |
| 3 | три | tri |
| 4 | четыре | chetyre |
| 5 | пять | pyat’ |
| 6 | шесть | shest |
| 7 | семь | sem’ |
| 8 | восемь | vosem’ |
| 9 | девять | devyat’ |
| 10 | десять | desyat’ |
| 11 | одиннадцать | o’dinnatdsat’ |
| 12 | двенадцать | dve’nadtsat |
| 13 | тринадцать | tri’nadsat |
| 14 | четырнадцать | che’tyrnadsat’ |
| 15 | пятнадцать | pyat’nadtsat’ |
| 16 | шестнадцать | shet’nadtsat’ |
| 17 | семнадцать | sem’nadtsat’ |
| 18 | восемьнадцать | vosem’nadtsat’ |
| 19 | девятнадцать | devyat’nadtsat’ |
| 20 | двадцать | d’vadtsat’ |
| 21 | двадцать один | dvadsat’ odeen |
| 30 | тридцать | t’ridtsat’ |
| 40 | сорок | sorok |
| 50 | пятьдесят | pyatdesyat |
| 60 | шестьдесят | shestdesyat |
| 70 | семьдесят | ‘semdesyat |
| 80 | восемьдесят | vosemdesyat |
| 90 | девяносто | devyanosto |
| 100 | сто | sto |
| 200 | двести | dvesti |
| 1,000 | тысяча | tysyacha |
Day of the week in Russian.
| English word | Russian word | Pronunciation |
| Monday | понедельник | puh-nee-DYEHL’-neek |
| Tuesday | вторник | FTOHR-neek |
| Wednesday | среда | sree-DAH |
| Thursday | четверг | cheet-VYEHRK |
| Friday | пятница | PYAHT-nee-tsuh |
| Saturday | суббота | soo-BOH-tuh |
| Sunday | воскресенье | vuhs-kree-SYEHN’-yeh |
How do you say in Russian?
| In English | In Russian | Pronunciation |
| Hello | Здравствуйте | Zdravstvuyte |
| Good morning | доброе утро | dobroye utro |
| Goodbye | Прощай | Proshchay |
| Please | пожалуйста | pozhaluysta |
| Thank you | Спасибо | Spasibo |
Riddle
I have a ring, but not hands, I used to be plugged into the wall but now I follow you everywhere. What am I? (Answer below)
Answer: Telephone.
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