Lost in Translation
Mar. 23, 2006 by Jason
Ever wondered what would happen if you went to a free translation website and translated a sentence to French… then translated the resulting sentence back to English… then to German… then back to English… then to Italian… then back to English… then to Portuguese… then back to English… then to Spanish… then finally back to English?
Well then try it - Duhhhhh… The Babelizer does this automatically.
The site is pretty slow, but be patient - It’s worth it.
Here’s an example…
Original English Text:
Comment spammers should be put to sleep.
Translated to French:
Des inondateurs de commentaire devraient être mis pour dormir.
Translated back to English:
Inondateurs of comment should be put to sleep.
Translated to German:
Inondateurs des Kommentars sollte gesetzt werden, um zu schlafen.
Translated back to English:
Inondateurs of the comment should be set, in order to sleep.
Translated to Italian:
Inondateurs del commento dovrebbe essere regolato, per dormire.
Translated back to English:
Inondateurs of the comment would have to be regulated, in order to sleep.
Translated to Portuguese:
Inondateurs do comentário teria que ser regulado, a fim dormir.
Translated back to English:
Inondateurs of the commentary would have that to be regulated, the end to sleep.
Translated to Spanish:
Inondateurs del comentario tendría eso que se regulará, el extremo para dormir.
Translated back to English:
Inondateurs of the commentary would have that will be regulated, the end to sleep.
March 23rd, 2006
hehe…I’ve done it with Swedish so I don’t have to. I speak 4 languages so I know how useless the online translations are…and not just online for that matter. I believe that the politician within the EU are using a fancy form of these translators…which scares the hell outta me sometimes..haha….sheesh….imagine the misunderstandings :s
March 23rd, 2006
Har har!
I babelised “Let’s all get shitfaced and spank the monkey”
(No, I don’t fuckin’ know why!)
This is what popped out of the infernal machine:
“All have the license they you to take to traverse and the elasticity shitfaced a rammer to exempt the fall a Smacking”
OK, I’ll have to remember that one in case we get a visit from a dude from PLUTO!
March 23rd, 2006
Fuck it, that’s why we should all just communicate in binary.
010011101 0010101000 10101111 10101010- 01010
101.
March 23rd, 2006
too much time on your hands.
March 23rd, 2006
You do not need that, just ask me. my english is so good it looks like encrypting game. Poor visitors of my blog.
btw I have just blogrolled your blog to my top selection.
March 23rd, 2006
Translators suck. They hardly know any grammar and will translate the words literally. Although some of them have quite a big thesaurus they will always pick the wrong word. Every single time. You can’t imagine how ‘happy’ I feel being able to read as wellDutch, French, German and English. Hardly anything online needs to be translated
At least nothing I need.
March 23rd, 2006
Have you tried “domo arigato Mr. Roboto?”
March 23rd, 2006
Christa:
4 languages? I’m such a lazy American… I know only 2 languages: American (read: bastardized) English, and Ebonics.
TC:
I don’t know what’s funnier - your original sentence or the result…
Ev:
10010 011001010011 00
Sarah:
Ha! I updated the post so it explains that the Babelizer does all the work for you. I’m too much of a slacker to do all that myself.
Boris:
Thanks for the link! I’ve put you on my link list as well. Rock on!
MadBull:
Yeah those online translators are pretty worthless.
Marc:
Here’s the result (I included Chinese, Japanese, and Korean so it could match the Japanese words):
“Equipment of employees of arigato one of domestic I of Roboto”
March 23rd, 2006
It’s actually 5 if you count Chimpanese :p
March 23rd, 2006
That’s insane!
“I can’t believe I have to go to work tonight.”
became
“I cannot think that he must go to process tonight.”
March 23rd, 2006
yikes, you’ve given me more fodder for time-wastage on the net!! Baaaaad JJ! *grin!*
March 24th, 2006
Mel:
I hate going to process.
Lynne:
Who me? I never waste time on the net.