Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

A game of faro was often called a ‘faro bank.’ It was played with an entire pack of playing cards, and admitted of an indeterminate number of players, termed ‘punters,’ and a ‘banker.’ Chips (called ‘checks’) were purchased by the … Read More

CURRICULUM VITAE CURRICULUM  VITAE Surname Christian or first names Address Date or Birth Age (in years). Sex Status: Single/Married Education School: from…. to… College from… to… University from… to… Results obtained Depress and/or other post-school qualifications Postgraduate qualifications Career history … Read More

Not all Button Men are evenly matched against one another. Though designers attempt to balance a Button Man’s strengths and weaknesses, necessarily it happens that some arrangements of die sizes and skills are more likely to win games than others. … Read More

Language interpreting or interpretation is the intellectual activity of facilitating oral and sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between two or more users of different languages. Functionally, interpreting and interpretation are the descriptive words for the activity. In professional practice … Read More

MindPlay is a technology designed to monitor blackjack players’ actions while playing in a casino.Monitoring a person’s play traditionally is done visually, by the dealer, floorperson, pitboss, and the eye in the sky (video surveillance). If one of these observers … Read More

Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering … Read More

Keno is a bingo-like gambling game. Its history can be traced to a Chinese game called “The Game of the White Dove (白鴿票)” invented during the Han Dynasty (187 BC). The name “keno” descends from a form of bingo or … Read More

Terence Reese, a prolific author of bridge books, points out that there are only four ways of taking a trick by force, and two of these are very easy: playing a high card that no one else can beat trumping … Read More

Enquiries Informaţii 1. I wish to fly to… on… Ist/tourist, class. If no flights are available on that day please let me know the first available dates. 2. I should like to book a cabin/tourist class passage to…on the “…” … Read More

Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the abbreviation MT, is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another. At its basic level, MT performs simple … Read More

Opening of account Deschiderea unui cont 1. As we have done regular business with you for some time now on the basis of payment by letter of credit, we should like to enquire whether you would be willing to grant … Read More

First enquiry Prime informaţii 1. Your firm has been recommended to us by… 2. We have seen your advertisement in… 3. We have seen your stand at the… Fair/Exhibition. 4. We are interested in… 5. We have an enquiry for … Read More