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Never mind your culture / Ne gravas via kulturo, Esperanto will go beyond it / Esperanto preterpasos ĝin; never mind the differences / ne gravas la diferencoj, Esperanto will overcome them / Esperanto superos ilin. Never mind your processor / Ne gravas via procesoro, Esperanto will work in it /
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Esperanto funkcios sub ĝi; never mind your platform / Ne gravas via platformo, Esperanto will infect it / Esperanto infektos ĝin. Now not only a human language, but also a virus... Turning impossible into possible, Esperanto.
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