Gamers can download a game, try it for an hour and, if they like it, buy it.

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Mr McFarland notes that some people try to game the Turk, by using software scripts to download a translation assignment, pass it through an online translation service such as AltaVista's Babel Fish, and then offer it up as finished work.

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If you want to try before you buy, WoTc has made a sample chapter available for download.

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It appears that the company placed a copy of the game on its public server, under password protection, for select reviewers to download and try out.

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