At 06:51 PM 7/15/01 +0900, you wrote:
>The fault is mine, I'm afraid. I looked at the original again. Maitani
>didn't specifically say that Olympus made telescopes - I inferred it. A more
>faithful translation would be:
>"I suggested that we aim to make a camera that could be attached to
>Olympus's microscopes and endoscopes and telescopes."
>This is still ambiguous though, and to me at least implies that Olympus did
>make a telescope, hence the mistake. In the light of Hans's research, the
>best translation might be:
>"I suggested that we aim to make a camera that could be attached to
>Olympus's microscopes and endoscopes, and to telescopes."
>Or, if they didn't make endoscopes either:
>"I suggested that we aim to make a camera that could be attached to
>Olympus's microscopes, and to endoscopes and telescopes."
>My sincere apologies to Hans and others who spent time on researching this.
>Regards
>Will
Olympus might best be described as an endoscope company that makes
cameras and microscopes on the side.
Paul
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