Another translation

[patrick () oes amdahl com (Patrick Horgan)]

A slightly better translation.

Patrick
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Patrick,

> It came off of a bugtraq mailing list, but from the words I understand it
> doesn't seem to have anything to do with security or bugs.  If you could
> do a line by line translation and mail it back to me that would be great!

true, it is rather fascinating, but has aboslutely nothing to do with
security or bugs. I rather think (or hope) that it should be classified
under "humor"...

Here is the translation:

> E' mio dovere chiarire l'equivoco che forse si sta creando nelle vostre menti:
It is my duty to clarify the misunderstanding that probably is being created
in your minds:

> ho sentito personalmente il Cardinale questa mattina, e mi ha confessato che
I have personally heard from the Cardinal this morning, and he confessed me

> non si tratta di un calcoletto renale (versione ufficiale), bensi' di una 
that it is not a small kidney stone (official version) but 

> nocciolina che, ingerita nel corso di abbondanti libagioni, e' stata trascinata
a little nut that, ingested during abundant libations, was pushed

> dal marasma cloacale dei visceri sinistrati dall'alcool, e si e' andata quindi
by the cloacal marasmus of the viscera damaged by the alcohol, and went then

> ad incastrare in un rene, da cui e' poi discesa nella piu' spaziosa vescica.
to lodge into a kidney, from where it descended into the larger vescica.

> Fortuna ha voluto che non si dirigesse verso il fegato, gia' duramente provato,
Luck was that it did not direct itsef to the liver, already harshly tried,

> che sarebbe certamente esploso a questo nuovo, terribile insulto.
as it  would surely have exploded under this new, terrible insult.

> Il Cardinale spera il un rapido rilascio (in tutti i sensi), sempre che non
The Cardinal hopes in a quick release (in all meanings), hoping not to be

> venga trasferito d'ufficio a psichiatria, reparto alcolisti.
officially trasferred, in the meanwhile, to the psychiatric ward, section
for alcoholism.

> Preghiamo per lui
Let us pray for him.

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