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BabbleNovember 15, 2007
One of the odd quirks of running a site available in multiple languages is that I receive email in a language other than English from time to time. Not often, but with enough frequency that it's something I've had to think about.
Short of learning the language, there's no sound way to deal with these messages. Babelfish is notoriously bad for anything beyond simple word translations. But with a bit of effort, and reasonably intelligent parties on both ends of the inbox, it can kinda-sorta work. Here are a couple of quick things I've tried doing to help preserve the meaning of my message.
I use short sentences, and simple English words, avoiding slang entirely. I try not to flex my vocabulary skills or write highly structured prose that requires an English major to decipher. I also used to avoid contractions, but it seems like most translators know how to deal with those, and I'd imagine that purposefully joining two words together could lead to less ambiguity for the translator. (ie. there's no need to ask "does that 'not' belong to 'is not' or 'not mine'"?)
I run my own words through Babelfish. If any English words remain in the output, I try and re-write to use synonyms instead. This one is particularly frustrating for the person on the other end, because they'd likely turn to Babelfish as well, and I've just demonstrated it can't translate those words. They might be able to figure out my intent in context, but given grammar differences between languages, I wouldn't rely on it.
On the other hand, not all languages have their own words for things, and some simply use English words instead. How do I know which is which? I usually don't.
Speaking of grammar, without knowing the language I can't adequately fake its sentence structure. English words fall in a particular order, but that order doesn't necessarily make sense in other languages. I can get a hint of how different they are by translating my words to the language and then translating that result back to English, which sometimes gives me clues on how to re-phrase my sentence.
Here are a couple of quick round trips I did from English to Dutch and then back again:
- Yes. You have my permission to use a screenshot of the site.
- Ja. U hebt mijn toestemming om een screenshot van de plaats te gebruiken.
- Yes. You have to my authorisation use screenshot of.
- Yes. I grant permission to use a screenshot of the website.
- Ja. Ik verleen toestemming om een screenshot van de website te gebruiken.
- Yes. I grant authorisation to use screenshot of the Internet site.
The first time tells me that "you have my" isn't translating as well as I'd like, and the usage of "site" seems to be problematic. By changing them around, I get a result that seems to make more sense after coming back to English, and one that Faruk tells me is a passable Dutch translation to boot.
Not to say it will always work that way, but with a bit of extra effort it does seem possible to create sentences that retain your intent.
After all this though, it's still tempting to consider explicitly stating I used Babelfish for translations to, you know, avoid sparking international incidents.
Have you (or anyone else, for that matter) done any research as to the reliability of different translation engines? That is, is Babelfish any more/less reliable or accurate than, say, Google Language Tools (http://www.google.com/language_tools)?
You should really check out translate.google.com - so far it seems to be a lot more intelligent than Babelfish
Add me to the list of people that use Google Translator (http://translate.google.com/). I haven't used Babelfish much, but I find Google Translator to be a lot smarter.
The only problem with the first translation is "site", which is translated to "plaats" (place). Looks like translation from dutch to English is worse then the other way arround.
Excellent advice. I sometimes use a web translator to help in replying to Ma.gnolia support emails that come in with non-English messages. I add the line to the translated text "I do not speak [language]. I am using an online tool to help translate".
I've found Google and Babelfish about 50/50 so far. I use both on any translation job.
I *think* Google's translation feature recently switched from using the same engine everyone else used to their own engine. I frequently send emails translated from English to Spanish and vice versa, and lately Google's translations have been much improved. Heads over tails over the Babelfish/AltaVista/MSN/etc. services.
Google is experimenting with a big data/rosetta stone approach. Rather than programing translators, Google is trying to make a program that learns to translate new texts by studying texts available in multiple languages; so one would hope that their translator is continuously refining itself.
There's no problem in using 'site' or 'website' in Dutch sentences. Those words are commonly used in The Netherlands. As Pieter stated yesterday, the word 'plaats' actually means (a physical) 'place' in English.
Richard Ishida's presentation at @media 2007 which is available as slides and audio gives a good perspective on language difficulties with translation. Its worth listening to if, like me, you are too poor to make it to such events.
I tend to use Google Translate myself and have been quite surprised at how well it's done at times - although not perfect mind you.
I was producing a Chinese graduation album, but don't speak a word of the languages, let along write it. Typed in a few words for headings that I needed, all of them came back correct when sent to China to check.
@Pieter, Bart:
The word "site" in English originally meant "location", "position", or "place", so in, certain contexts, "plaats" is actually a perfectly valid translation!
The "places" you visit with a web browser were originally called "web sites" (i.e., places or locations on the web); this was later shortened to "sites".
The second example uses the longer form, thereby disambiguating the word "site", which leads to a better translation. (If the source text isn't explicit about the type of site, the translation program would have to "know" that you can't take a "screenshot" of a physical location –but that kind of reasoning is still a bit too sophisticated for today's software!)
I would caution against using "round trips" as a gauge of anything like quality or meaning. Translation engines are fundamentally flawed, and when you go En-Ne-En you aren't confirming the value of the first step in that process by giving the machine twice as many chances to mangle your ideas.
Your "look for English words remaining in the output and try rephrasing" is a good bit of advice, but beyond that if you're going to rely on machine translation, rely on it once, not twice; fire and forget.
Marcel Feenstra wrote: "the translation program would have to "know" that you can't take a "screenshot" of a physical location –but that kind of reasoning is still a bit too sophisticated for today's software!"
Google translates the first example correct.
I think Google 'knows' the right translation not because it can reason, but because it uses statistics. 'Site' in the proximity of 'screenshot' usually means 'website', not place.
Yes, Google did translate the first example correctly.
However, when I tried: "This plot of land will make a good site for the school" (where site can only mean "location", not "web site"), I got: "Dit perceel zal maken van een goede site voor de school" –so perhaps Google *always* "translates" the word "site" as "site"… ;-)
I do agree with you, though, that Google's "knowledge" is based firmly on statistics! (I did find it interesting that they ask for human feedback through their link, "Suggest a better translation"…)
Babelfish certainly seems to handle technical term better than Google for me (German-English):
steuerspannung -> steuerspannung
steuer spannung -> Tax tension
Altavista Babelfish:
steuerspannung -> control voltage (that's 100%)
@ Marcel Feenstra:
"Site" is also a perfectly correct dutch word. Different pronounciation, same word; same meaning
Erik says, "I think Google 'knows' the right translation not because it can reason, but because it uses statistics. 'Site' in the proximity of 'screenshot' usually means 'website', not place."
The field of Natural Language Processing is one of statistical analysis, since "teaching" a computer grammar is not realistically fesible. That being said, Google's translator would likely have a tremendous corpus at its fingertips for refining its translations; and the bigger the corpus the better.
I have not used Google Translate, but I have used Babelfish, and its results are hit and miss–more so miss. Such web translation programs seem to fair best with Indo-European languages, especially when converting to or from English. I would be very wary of using them for languages which sharply diverge from English grammar (e.g. Japanese or Arabic).
I live in Belgium and speak both Dutch and English natively and I feel the need to remark that Dutch is a very difficult and inconsistent language for people trying to learn it. Heck, it's even hard for native speakers. There are so many different spelling rules and what's more, they change ever so often, as well! In the end nobody remembers how to spell a particular word.
Another nice thing to know about Dutch is that it's not very disturbing to use English words, since we don't have our own terminology for every single word – that's certainly true when about tech-oriented stuff. Nobody minds, really. One could even go as far (as address a Dutch-speaking person (at random) in English and still be sure he or she would understand you perfectly and would most probably be able to answer you accordingly, without having too much trouble with it. At least that's what it's like over here in Belgium. I think it's because we are used to picking up languages (our national languages are Dutch, French, German and English). Over here, it's compulsory to have mastered all of these languages to a certain extent by the end of high-school.
So in your particular example you could've just answered your addressee in English without being to worried about transferring the message in essence.
My website is a mixture of Japanese and English, simply because learning Japanese is my hobby. So, inevitably I get a few messages and comments in Japanese.
For me it's an opportunity to practice, but for anyone who's not interested it's bound to be frustrating!
"Yes. You have my permission to use a screenshot of the site."
~ はい、その サイト の スクリーンショット を 使用して もよい。
"Hai (yes), sono (the) saito (site) no (of) sukuriinshotto (screenshot) o shiyoushite moyoi (use of)."
And that concludes todays Japanese lesson :)
Thank god my website is in english only, i have enough trouble replying to english emails let alone having to decypher another language!!
Tell your local school that you could provide plenty of assignments for their language classes!
I did an experiment with a German lady I'm corresponding with on last.fm who uses translation. I tried a message in English through both Babelfish and Google and she said the Babelfish translation was better. Google does better with Spanish and portuguese though, those are languages I speak. Babelfish thinks amigos in Spanish is friendly, not friends which it actually is. That's a really stupid mistake and Babelfish is full of those. For a while, if you wrote the word "take" in Babelfish and translated it to Portuguese it would always translate as "fazer exame de" to take a test, no matter the context. Google also handles contractions like aren't and won't, Babelfish simply chokes on those, it's really sad.


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July 28, 2014
Vesicular stomatitis has been confirmed in four horses in Colorado. The four horses are on two premises in Weld County, in northeastern Colorado.
The National Veterinary Services Laboratory reported the positive test results July 17. The only other reported cases this year are in Texas.
The horses involved in the Colorado cases have been placed under quarantine, but have no history of travel, according to a press release from the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
Vesicular stomatitis can affect horses, mules, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, pigs and camelids, causing vesicles (blister-like sacs), erosions and sloughing of skin on the muzzle, tongue, teats and above the hooves of susceptible livestock. It can also be transmitted to humans, who exhibit flu-like symptoms, but rarely show lesions or blisters.
"Vesicular stomatitis can be painful for animals and costly to their owners," said Colorado state veterinarian, Dr. Keith Roehr. "The virus typically causes oral blisters and sores that can be painful, causing difficulty in eating and drinking."
According to Dr. Dustin Oedekoven, South Dakota state veterinarian, the disease does not usually cause long-term effects, and the only cure is time. Livestock managers can provide palatable, easy-to-eat food for affected animals, but there is no medical treatment.
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The transmission of vesicular stomatitis is not completely understood but components include insect vectors, mechanical transmission, and livestock movement.
Oedekoven said the primary reason for aggressive containment policies for vesicular stomatitis is its resemblance to other, more serious, foreign animal diseases, like foot-and-mouth disease.
"Vesicular stomatitis becoming established in the equine population could lead to it spreading to other animal populations. We don't want it to become widespread and cause confusion," Oedekoven said. As a foreign animal disease, vesicular stomatitis has to be investigated by a federal or state foreign animal disease diagnostician.
Surrounding states are implementing safeguards to keep the disease from spreading beyond the currently affected states.
According to a press release from the Wyoming Livestock Board, Wyoming state veterinarian Dr. Jim Logan announced July 18 that the Wyoming Livestock Board is now requiring that all livestock imported from any state where the disease has been diagnosed be accompanied by a health certificate written within 10 days prior to entry into the state. Livestock animals include horses, cattle, sheep, goats and swine.
If vulnerable animals are moving into Nebraska from states that have reported cases of vesicular stomatitis, they are required to have a permit issued by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, said Steve Graemlich, livestock import manager. The permit verifies that the animals are not coming from a premise that has been under quarantine for vesicular stomatitis, and are showing no signs of the disease. For most animals, that permit is part of the normally required health certificate issued by a veterinarian within 30 days of movement. For animals being brought into the state for exhibition, the permit must be issued within 48 hours of movement.
South Dakota has not implemented additional import requirements beyond the standard health certificate and negative Coggins test, Oedekoven said, but the South Dakota Animal Industry Board will continue to evaluate the situation and take action as necessary.
The Colorado State Veterinarian's office says veterinarians and livestock owners should contact the state of destination when moving livestock to ensure all import requirements are met. Livestock exhibitors should also check with event managers for additional entry requirements.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - MIT went 1-1 this past Saturday at Wellesley College's quad-match, defeating Bridgewater State College, 25-30, 30-22, 30-25, 30-23, before falling to Nazareth College in five games (31-29, 27-30, 30-24, 27-30, 15-12). The Engineers now stand at 18-6 on the year.
Against Bridgewater State, Caroline Jordan paced Tech's offense with 16 kills and added 10 digs. Carrie Buchanan totaled a team-high 15 digs and four aces while Joy Hart had 10 kills. Arlis Reynolds tallied 13 kills and five aces. Lisa Rossi and Amanda Morris each notched three aces while Morris dished out 49 assists.
Jordan had a solid showing in MIT's loss to Nazareth College, tallying 15 kills, two aces, 22 digs, one solo block and four assisted blocks. Frances Rogoz had 11 kills as Arlis Reynolds totaled 12 digs. Buchanan posted a career-high 23 digs while Joy Hart contributed 16. Alexandra Huston-Carico registered 10 digs, two solo blocks and three assisted blocks while Morris totaled 48 assists.
The next match for MIT will be on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7:00 p.m. when it hosts NEWMAC foe Springfield College.


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In the coming two months, visitors will have an opportunity to experience the gallery space at Galerie m without an exhibition. The gallery itself is the focus of
Open House – Empty Space
, revealing to visitors its many faces.
1 – 5 February
Empty Space
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Caroline von Grone: ColorSpacePortraits,
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Exhibition of selected works of
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3 March
Apolonija Sustersic with kids from Hustadt
as guests at the Galerie m Bochum: they create a garden bench for the Community Pavilion at the Brunnenplatz in the Bochum Hustadt.
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Barbara Köhler: Raum geben. Performance | SPACING. performance
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Galerie m as a gallery as such becomes most visible through the exhibitions held there, which are usually conceived in close collaboration with the artists. However, the space itself with its inherent qualities always of course cedes the spotlight to the art. The room is the stage, the frame, but as a place also often the catalyst.
In the coming two months, visitors will have an opportunity to experience the gallery space at Galerie m without an exhibition. The gallery itself is the focus of Open House – Empty Space, revealing to visitors its many faces.
Space as architecture
The unexpected emptiness of the gallery makes it possible to experience the architecture in all its facets: light, spatial volumes and proportions, sight lines, the relationship between indoors and outdoors. But the empty space is also a place of concentration, tranquility or encounters with others, for which new room opens up when the art is absent.
Space as experiment
Artists and gallerists, but gallery visitors as well, seem to continually find new and surprising ways to deal with our exhibition space. During the show
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At the same time,
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Exhibitions at Galerie m often debut an artist's latest work. Works are also frequently executed expressly for exhibitions planned here, conceived with the rooms in mind. Proximity to the artist, to the studio, is an essential aspect of our self-image as a gallery. All the same, the possibilities for spontaneous, experimental presentations, performances and events remain limited within the framework of the exhibition routine. In the coming weeks we want for a change to make space for exactly such activities.
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The Sports Xchange
By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange
BOSTON -- The last-place Chicago Cubs, who won two low-scoring games at Fenway Park on Monday and Tuesday nights, smacked four home runs and collected 19 hits in completing a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 16-9 victory on Wednesday night.
The sweep was the Cubbies' first three-gamer in interleague play since 2009 and their first on the road since 2007. The series win at Fenway, secured when Tuesday's 2-1 decision followed Monday's 2-0 win, is their first since 1915.
Center fielder Justin Ruggiano, third baseman Mike Olt, catcher Wellington Castillo and right fielder Nate Schierholtz all homered and light-hitting second baseman Darwin Barney delivered four hits as the Cubs moved to 24-19 in their last 43 games, 37-46 for the season.
Ruggiano, who came in with 10 RBIs for the season, drove in five and had three hits in the onslaught that was capped by a six-run ninth inning.
The Red Sox, matching their low point by falling nine games below .500 (38-47), had not allowed more than three runs in any of their previous 14 home games.
Two of the homers came off Boston starter Brandon Workman (1-2), who gave up three runs before getting an out and six over four innings in the marathon that ran 4:19.
Barney, hitting .196 coming in, had two singles, double and triple for the Cubs, who had scored six runs in their previous four games.
Everyone in the Chicago lineup had at least one hit.
Right-hander Carlos Villenueva (4-5) worked two innings in relief of starter Travis Wood for the win.
Rookie outfielder Mookie Betts, playing in his fourth big league game, hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot, for the Red Sox, who stranded nine runners in the first four innings (14 for the game).
Designated hitter David Ortiz had two ground-rule doubles and a sacrifice fly, second baseman Dustin Pedroia and right fielder Brock Holt both stroked three hits and first baseman Mike Napoli had two hits, two walks and an RBI for Boston.
Left fielder Jonny Gomes drove in two runs and pinch-hitter Daniel Nava came through with a two-run single in the three-run ninth.
Boston finished with 16 hits.
The Red Sox had bullpen action going after Workman threw just 16 pitches.
Left fielder Chris Coghlan led off with a walk and was on the move when Ruggiano drilled a 1-1 no-doubter to make it 2-0. First baseman Anthony Rizzo then walked and stole second before riding home on shortstop Starlin Castro's single. Castro also stole second, but Workman retired the next three hitters.
In the third, Pedroia led off with his second hit, and Ortiz sent him to third with a ground-rule double -- Ortiz becoming the 36th player in major league history with 1,000 extra-base hits. One out later, Gomes hit a sacrifice fly, but Wood worked around a walk and fanned catcher A.J. Pierzynski to strand two more runners.
With one out and one on in the fourth, Olt hammered his 11th homer of the season (on his 24th hit). Barney tripled on the next pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Coghlan.
Boston loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the inning, and Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly. Wood threw seven straight balls before a called strike -- and the starter was gone when Gomes smashed an RBI single. Villenueva relieved and caught struggling third baseman Xander Bogaerts looking at a 2-2 pitch to strand three more.
Red Sox reliever Felix Doubront got the first two outs in the sixth, but third baseman Luis Valbuena singled and Castillo ripped a home run. Betts got the runs back in the bottom of the inning.
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So the Kids Days and $1 tickets are probably gone. So, if I used to take my daughter and a friend and bought a $40 lower deck ticket it would cost me $42 for all 3 of us. Now, if I want lower deck it will cost me $45 for all three of us. Once again, the Sox are spinning it like it is a great deal but it is actually about the same as the past.
As far as the autographs go, last year 3 of the 5 Kids Day autograph sessions were cancelled due to the heat (May and June) and a slight drizzle in August (even though a bunch of Mariners signed in the drizzle). And, the Fan Appreciation Day autograph session was cancelled because the players did not feel like signing (what I was told at Guest Relations).
No, they are spinning it like it's a great deal because it's a great deal.
I don't disagree that kids' days in the past were pretty good deals as well.
Your case is that it cost you $45 in 2013 vs. $42 last year for 1 adult and 2 kids. Fair enough. Did you drive? Because now you are saving $15 in parking, so your net total is $12 savings.
Even if you didn't drive and you are now paying $3 more than last year's kids days- you have the opportunity to have this value EVERY SUNDAY vs. the 5 kids' days last year. Last year on the 8 other Sundays, your 3 lower deck tickets were costing you $120, not $42.
I often come from out of town on Sunday to go to games. Myself, my wife, my dad, and my 2 kids. Last year, to sit in the lower deck, that was $40 x 3 for adult tickets, $1 x 2 for kids tickets, and $25 parking = $147 (on the Kids' Days- for a regular Sunday game it would be $225.)
This year: $15 x 5 for tickets + $10 parking= $85.
That's a difference of $140 off a regular Sunday and $62 off a kids Sunday!
If I wanted to go cheap and sit in the upper deck corners, I can get a family of 5 into the game + parking for
$35 total.
Plus autographs and the kids get to run the bases.
That is a phenomenal value that is as good as there is anywhere in Major League Baseball.
The White Sox are doing this right, and they deserve nothing but compliments for the revamping of their pricing model.
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Despite the tough economy, American couples still managed to spend, on average, slightly more than $25,000on their weddings last year. And when every dollar counts, many turn to warehouse membership clubs to stretch their wedding budget to help bring their dream day to life.
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Posted 17 April 2012
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WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval late Wednesday to a budget compromise, ending a 16-day government shutdown and averting the possibility of a default on the nation's bills, as a bitter partisan stalemate concluded with Republicans conceding defeat.
"We fought the good fight," House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a Cincinnati radio interview hours before the final vote. "We just didn't win."
President Obama quickly signed the measure.
Republicans had sought the confrontation in hopes that a shutdown and the threat of default would give them leverage to extract concessions from Obama on his signature healthcare law.
In the end, the compromise negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made no significant changes in the Affordable Care Act.
The deal will suspend the $16.7-trillion limit on the government's debt for several months, giving the Treasury renewed authority to borrow to pay the nation's bills. Officials had said they would be unable to pay them as of Thursday. The measure also will bring hundreds of thousands of federal workers back to work from furloughs.
Federal agencies will start to reopen Thursday morning, but some might not do so until Friday to give managers time to notify workers.
Less than an hour after the House vote, and even before the president signed the bill, Yosemite National Park announced its roads and public areas would reopen immediately. The park's visitor centers and valley campgrounds will open Thursday.
"We are excited to reopen and welcome visitors back to Yosemite," park Supt. Don Neubacher said in a statement. "Autumn is a particularly special season to enjoy Yosemite's colorful grandeur."
After more than two weeks of partisan stalemate, the measure passed easily. The Senate voted 81 to 18, and the House voted 285 to 144 less than three hours later.
"I am very happy: We just completed a bipartisan vote to reopen the government," Reid said immediately after the Senate vote. "Let's move on."
McConnell described the deal as "far less than many of us hoped for, quite frankly, but far better than what some had sought." In remarks introducing the compromise, he urged his party "to unite behind other crucial goals."
More than half of the Republicans in the Senate sided with McConnell and joined all of the Democrats in approving the bill. Eighteen Republican senators, mostly from the party's most conservative wing, voted against it.
In the House, 87 Republicans joined 198 Democrats to pass the bill. The three top members of the GOP leadership — Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield — were among those voting aye. But 144 Republicans, more than 60% of the conference, opposed them, including Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin.
The House vote was punctuated by an outburst on the floor by a woman whom aides said worked in the chamber as a stenographer. "This is not one nation under God," she shouted as she was led away.
In brief remarks at the White House after the Senate vote, Obama promised to sign the bill immediately and start reopening government agencies.
He said he hoped the end of the crisis would give lawmakers a chance to "earn back the trust of the American people" by addressing "real issues" relevant to people's lives. He listed immigration reform, a farm bill and a "sensible budget" as three items Congress could finish this year if members worked together.
Democrats chastised Republicans for shutting down the government for more than two weeks in their bid to kill Obamacare. "We've ended up just where we started, but at a cost, and it never should have been this way," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said.
But many of the conservative Republicans who pushed their party to pursue the shutdown strategy criticized the compromise as a betrayal of principle.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who had led the effort, used his final speech before the vote to blast fellow GOP senators, accusing them of directing "cannon fire at House Republicans" rather than uniting to fight the Democrats.
"If all 46 Senate Republicans had stood together and simply supported House Republicans" in their votes to block the healthcare bill, "this result, I believe, would have been very, very different," he said.
Cruz and his allies agreed, however, not to use a filibuster or other delaying tactics to block the compromise from passing the Senate.
"Of course not; never had any intention to delay this vote," he said to cameras outside the Senate chamber while McConnell was on the Senate floor announcing the deal — an unusual breach of Senate courtesy.
"Delaying this vote would not accomplish anything."
In the House, Boehner also said his Republican majority would not block the bill.
"The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan negotiations aimed at addressing our country's debt and providing fairness for the American people under Obamacare," the speaker said in a statement.
"That fight will continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us," he said.
During a private meeting with GOP lawmakers, Boehner acknowledged that they had lost the shutdown battle. Noting the exhaustion that had settled over the Capitol, he encouraged them to get some sleep, saying they would resume the fight another day, according to House members who were in the room.
The bill includes one change in the healthcare law: It requires the government to verify the income of those Americans who receive financial help in buying insurance through the new online healthcare marketplaces. Democrats did not object to the provision; they said it largely repeated language already in the law.
The measure provides funding to keep the government running through Jan. 15 and authorizes back pay for furloughed federal workers.
It allows borrowing to continue through Feb. 7, but the Treasury could use so-called extraordinary measures to temporarily pay bills after that date. So the next debt ceiling crunch probably would not occur until spring.
The temporary nature of the agreement all but ensures another budget battle this winter, unless a House-Senate conference committee established by the deal can work out an agreed-upon spending plan. The panel has until Dec. 13 to come up with one. The goal would be to avert another round of automatic "sequester" cuts that many in both parties want to avoid. Congress did not give federal agencies the flexibility that some lawmakers had sought for handling that next round of cuts.
The compromise also includes a provision, similar to one passed two years ago, that would allow Congress to take a vote, probably later this month, disapproving a debt increase, which Obama could veto. The measure is designed to allow lawmakers to go on record as opposing more debt without actually affecting the Treasury.
As is often the case with such "must pass" legislation, the deal took on several other provisions of importance to specific senators.
It includes a provision, previously approved by the Senate, that would allow officials in flood-damaged Colorado to tap as much as $450 million in federal emergency highway money to repair roads, lifting a $100-million cap on the emergency funds the state is eligible to obtain. Additional money to fight wildfires had also been in earlier funding bills and was included in the final deal.
The measure includes $2 billion for completion of locks and dams on the Ohio River in Illinois and Kentucky. The Senate Conservatives Fund, which backs conservative candidates for Senate seats, accused McConnell of obtaining the money as an "earmark" and labeled the provision the "Kentucky kickback."
Senate officials from both parties, however, insisted that McConnell had little to do with the request for that money. The funds had been included in Obama's budget this year. Without the money, work on the projects would have to stop later this year, the Senate officials said, speaking anonymously because they had not been given permission to discuss the matter on the record.


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