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Akura

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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #30 on: March 22, 2011, 04:44:25 pm »

Alright, so it doesn't make total sense, but there actually appears to be a meaning to the sentence, while the starting statement did not.
got turned into
History of religion does not make sense.
Which, surprisingly, makes perfect sense.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2011, 04:45:16 pm »

Quote from: The Decemberists - Bagman's Gambit
On the lam from the law
On the steps of the capitol
You shot a plainclothes cop on the ten o'clock
And I saw momentarily
They flashed a photograph, it couldn't be you

Quote from: Translator
10 can be determined. But most attention is a good idea to break reeani secret.

I can't even imagine how the second one could be interpreted to mean anything similar to the first.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #32 on: March 22, 2011, 04:53:48 pm »

I'll just leave this here.

"It's Friday, you will get one weekend, we all want from Friday to Friday, weekends"
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Sean Mirrsen

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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #33 on: March 22, 2011, 05:04:36 pm »

Someone should try to guess what famous quote got mangled into this:

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Nothing in the future, if you're lucky, you're not in the future.

You'll never get what got turned into this one either:
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Luomulusi death and disease killing thousands!
(Closest variant not to get foiled by extraneous characters)
I'll even give a hint, it's a from a recent reboot of a famous sci-fi franchise.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #34 on: March 22, 2011, 05:26:36 pm »

Alright, so it doesn't make total sense, but there actually appears to be a meaning to the sentence, while the starting statement did not.
got turned into
History of religion does not make sense.
Which, surprisingly, makes perfect sense.
And, oddly enough, is a viewpoint I consider true. I guess it read my mind.
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Quote from: Thomas Paine
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #35 on: March 22, 2011, 06:17:22 pm »

Spoiler: OH MY GOD JC A BOMB (click to show/hide)
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #36 on: March 22, 2011, 08:46:46 pm »

I'll just leave this here.

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Damn. YOU.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #37 on: March 22, 2011, 08:53:18 pm »

"Madness? This is Sparta!"

...10 translations later we get:

"Mental illness? This is Sparta!"


"The landscaper will email you with the specifics tomorrow."

...10 translations later we get:

"Gardening and E - Mail is a special day."

"The draining of the well was keeping the basement dry and safe."

...10 translations later we get:

"Drain the basement dry and safe."

"Mythbusters must end everything with pyrotechnics."

...10 translations later we get:

"MythBusters should ban all fireworks."

"It ended in an explosion of blood and gore."

...10 translations later we get:

"After the explosion of blood and blood."
« Last Edit: March 22, 2011, 08:56:04 pm by Zrk2 »
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Aklyon

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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #38 on: March 22, 2011, 09:31:35 pm »

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Original text:This is my sentence. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

...56 translations later: Yes, I think a lot of my
Your what?

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Original: I will smack you atop the head!

Spoiler: In the middle (click to show/hide)

...56 translations later:Onrsekhoongkun!

Going to do more later.
« Last Edit: March 22, 2011, 09:36:15 pm by Aklyon »
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #39 on: September 04, 2011, 04:04:40 pm »

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And I'll just stop now, that was surprisingly exhausting.
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #40 on: September 04, 2011, 05:30:39 pm »

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Original text:

"I wonder if google translate works better than the bing translator"

...10 translations later Google gives us:

"Google translation, the translation works better when you do not know, harassment"


wait what?


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Original text:

"My donkey has tumbled of a cliff, while he was dancing the tango"

...30 translations later Bing and Google give us:

"Error and trousers, my ass."

or:

...30 translations later Bing and Google give us:

"Partner cliff you would like to do my ass"


epic program
« Last Edit: September 04, 2011, 05:36:59 pm by Antioch »
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #41 on: September 04, 2011, 05:46:17 pm »

Original:
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender

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Conflicts of this game, the air of death, as in the morning in Sea Island, for example, we have grown to become one of the other organic growth and the need to protect yourself and your own strong , I, in particular services of the French ran Aruha sometimes it is not required. It should not. Fight on the beach, we shall fight on the landing reason, we shall fight on the field and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills and do not surrender
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #42 on: September 04, 2011, 06:06:34 pm »

I'm combining this with the Video Game Name Generator, gen a name, then 10x random languages with both Big & Google

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1. "Morbid Tricycle Romance"

2. "Romance of the three-vehicle injury"


1. "The Quest for the Submarine Wasteland"

2. "Access to marine life"


1. "Kabuki Karaoke Dash"

2. "Police Kabuki Carat well?"


1. "Wandering Death from Outer Space"

2. "Had the opportunity of the deceased"


1. "Unstoppable Cookie Oppression"

2. "A cookie is an unstoppable force."


1. "High-Speed Walrus - The Lost Levels"

2. Welcome to damage the seal level"


1. "Remote Worm Horror"

2. "dead insects."



1. "Frisky Grizzly Bear Insanity"

2. "Crazy fly Grizzli Furisuki"

That last one I can see as the name of an Anime Series.

Hmmm "Viking planet Massacre" => ""Pirates of the Caribbean is a mess."
« Last Edit: September 04, 2011, 06:14:20 pm by Reelyanoob »
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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #43 on: September 04, 2011, 06:22:34 pm »

Quote from: Original Text
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Quote from: Bad Translation
Check Especificadors.

I have no idea what that means.
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lordcooper

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Re: Lost in translation
« Reply #44 on: September 04, 2011, 06:27:14 pm »

Quote from: Original Text
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Quote from: Bad Translation
Check Especificadors.

I have no idea what that means.

Check specifiers.  Basically, it wants you to specify which type of swallow .
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