Translation examples
Uudella kuningattarella on taikapeili, jolta hänellä on tapana kysyä: ”Kerro, kerro kuvastin, ken on maassa kaunehin”, mihin peili vastaa kuningattaren olevan maan kaunein.
In the fairytale of Snow White for example, the jealous queen consults a magic mirror, which she asks "Magic mirror on the wall / Who is the fairest of them all?", to which the mirror always replies "You, my queen, are fairest of all."
Kirjailija Louis Dutens katseli Turkkilaista sen pelatessa muita vastaan, ja hän yritti huijata sitä ”tekemällä kuningattarella ratsun siirron, mutta mekaanista vastustajaani ei huijattu niin helposti; hän otti kuningattareni ja laittoi sen takaisin ruutuun, josta sen alun perin siirsin.”
Louis Dutens, a traveller who observed a showing of the Turk, attempted to trick the machine "by giving the Queen the move of a Knight, but my mechanic opponent was not to be so imposed upon; he took up my Queen and replaced her in the square from which I had moved her".
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