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PSlugworth
Posted on 07-16-10 01:00 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133020


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Last view: 2663 days 		Hey! I've had a (very) small hand in a non-hack web project called Funny Translator, which uses the Google Translate API to translate back and forth between English and 56 other languages, finally spitting out a snippet of text that rarely resembles what was entered in the first place.

http://www.funnytranslator.com/

It's fun and silly, but I'm pretty proud of it--if anyone would be so kind as to digg/stumble/join the facebook fan page/whatever, I'd appreciate it a lot!

Anyway, to make this post SLIGHTLY less blatantly spammy, here are a few of my personal favorite examples, which seemed eerily insightful or ironic...

Original: I hate google translate
56 Translations Later: I can not explain.


Original: Da da da da da, I’m lovin’ it.
56 Translations Later: Yes, yes, yes, I know.


Original: This is not nearly as fun as originally stated.
56 Translations Later: Interesting


Original: To be or not to be, that is the question
56 Translations Later: Ask


What do you guys think? Have any interesting examples? Post 'em! Or go ahead and "like" it on facebook! You could be on the ground floor of the next, I don't know, icanhascheezburger. Ground floor! People still like that, right...

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Mega-Mario
Posted on 07-16-10 01:06 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133021

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Original text:

"Oh, nice, someone made another Google Translate mockup thread! Let's hope it doesn't die like the previous one."

...56 translations later we get:

"My God, Oh, Google is one Scored literary translation; We hope to die."

XD

Also, fyi, the previous thread was about Translation Party (I don't remember the link, look for the thread in the depths of the Spatula), a site that translates your sentence in Japanese, and in English, and in Japanese, and so on, until equilibrium is reached.

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PSlugworth
Posted on 07-16-10 01:15 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133022


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Last view: 2663 days 		Phpht--translation party. We scoff at translation party, right?

Original text:

"How do you feel about translation party?"

...56 translations later we get:

"How to download?"


Oh, brother.

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Mega-Mario
Posted on 07-16-10 01:39 AM (rev. 2 of 07-16-10 01:39 AM) Link | Quote | ID: 133023

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The Translation Party website is at: http://translationparty.com/tp/

So here's an example. Do you translate better than your bro? Let's see.
into Japanese
そこでここでは例です。あなたの仲間よりも翻訳ですか？見てみましょう。
back into English
So here is an example. Do you translate more than companion? Let's see.
back into Japanese
そこでここでは例です。あなたはより多くの仲間で翻訳ですか？見てみましょう。
back into English
So here is an example. Do you translate more friends? Let's see.
back into Japanese
そこでここでは例です。あなたはより多くの友人を翻訳ですか？見てみましょう。
back into English
So here is an example. Do you translate more friends? Let's see.


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blackhole89
Posted on 07-16-10 05:50 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133030


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I wonder how this would turn out with human rather than machine translators. Surely, you could assemble a sufficient number of people sharing different languages with each other and have them translate a sentence to one language the next person understands sequentially.

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PSlugworth
Posted on 07-16-10 07:06 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133033


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Last view: 2663 days 		Hm, now that is an idea. I imagine it could work in a Chat Roulette kind of way if there were enough people to actually get the ball rolling.

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NightKev
Posted on 07-16-10 07:12 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133034


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If the translators were all fluent with both the "to" and "from" languages respectively, it would probably bounce around with little-to-no difference from the original, since humans can do more than just blind translation.

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blackhole89
Posted on 07-16-10 04:28 PM Link | Quote | ID: 133038


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Oh, you'd be surprised how much information can be lost in translation simply due to language structure and customs if you just add the constraint that the sentence should sound good and natural in the target language.

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jceggbert5
Posted on 07-23-10 06:27 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133306


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New Layout is Coming!

After 56 translations, "This is dumb" became "Bags!"

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Nikolaj
Posted on 07-23-10 04:28 PM Link | Quote | ID: 133317


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...56 translations later we get:

"Private"

Haz
Posted on 07-23-10 08:24 PM Link | Quote | ID: 133322


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"When I woke up this morning, I realized I was supposed to go to work. It didn't matter though, I got the day off easily."
...56 translations later we get:
"I got up this morning, I do not believe them. Only days before each"

NightKev
Posted on 07-24-10 08:49 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133348


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"This is a rather long sentence intended to get maximum effect out of this translator thing."

...56 translations later we get:

"A"
...
...
wtf

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Mega-Mario
Posted on 07-24-10 04:21 PM Link | Quote | ID: 133351

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Original text:

"I have played Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story a bit, and now I want to edit it. But I can't figure out how the map textures are compressed yet."

...56 translations later we get:

"Marino, loygi, to me, and I want to change course, but I know on the disk."

XD

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jceggbert5
Posted on 07-24-10 10:29 PM (rev. 2 of 07-25-10 04:47 AM) Link | Quote | ID: 133365


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New Layout is Coming!

After 56 translations,

Dinner --> Location
Stomach --> Ford (?!?)
Car --> Friendship
Funny Translator --> Interesting Interpretation.
Funny --> Silly
Translator --> Translation
Game --> Action
Internet --> Internet
Homosapien (scientific name for Human, I believe) --> Male
House --> Construction
Board --> Planning (I was going for board, like wood, but OK)
Plank --> Forum
Sleep --> About Anger

edit:

And, quite epicly:
Bad Translator! --> Hack board.

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KP9000
Posted on 07-25-10 05:11 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133370


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Original text:
"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
...56 translations later we get:
"December?"

Win.

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NightKev
Posted on 07-25-10 09:59 AM Link | Quote | ID: 133375


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Posted by KP9000
Original text:
"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
...56 translations later we get:
"December?"

Win.
Interestingly, using TP, it makes the sentence more grammatically correct and slightly less nonsensical.

"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
(45 steps later)
"You are in front of me, I can actually do it?"

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Mega-Mario
Posted on 07-26-10 01:20 PM (rev. 2 of 07-26-10 01:21 PM) Link | Quote | ID: 133418

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NightKev is right. I think it is simply because TP keeps it to two languages.
into Japanese
NightKev は正しい。私はTPが2つの言語に保つため、それは単にだと思います。
back into English
NightKev right. TP I have to keep the two languages, I think it is just.
back into Japanese
NightKev権。 TPが私は2つの言語を維持するが、私はそれだけでだと思います。
back into English
NightKev right. TP I have to maintain two languages, I think it just.
back into Japanese
NightKev権。 TPが私は2つの言語を維持するために、私はそれだけだと思います。
back into English
NightKev right. I TP in order to maintain the two languages, I think that much.
back into Japanese
NightKev権。私は順序で2つの言語を維持するためにTPが、私はそれほどと思います。
back into English
NightKev right. I have two languages in order to maintain order in the TP, I think so.
back into Japanese
NightKev 権。私が注文TPの秩序を維持するために2つの言語を持って、私はそう思います。
back into English
NightKev right. TP I have ordered two languages in order to maintain order, I think so.
back into Japanese
NightKev権。 TPが私は秩序を維持するために2つの言語を命じたが、私はそう思います。
back into English
NightKev right. TP I have ordered the two languages in order to maintain order, I think so.
back into Japanese
NightKev権。 TPが私は秩序を維持するために2つの言語を命じたが、私はそう思います。
back into English
NightKev right. TP I have ordered the two languages in order to maintain order, I think so.


But sometimes it isn't that funny. You have to imagine good sentences to get good translations.
into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。あなたはいい翻訳を得るために良い文章を想像している。
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Imagine you are writing to get good a good translation.
back into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。あなたは良い良い翻訳を得るために書いている想像してください
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Please imagine you are writing to get a good translation better
back into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。ご方が良い良い翻訳を得るために書いていると想像
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Imagine writing to get better for good translation
back into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。良い翻訳をするために書く想像してみ
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Imagine writing a good translation for
back into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。良い翻訳を書いて想像してみ
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Imagine writing a good translation
back into Japanese
しかし、時にはそれが笑い事ではない。良い翻訳を書いて想像してみ
back into English
However, sometimes it is not funny. Imagine writing a good translation


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Haz
Posted on 07-26-10 01:50 PM Link | Quote | ID: 133420


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"Only reason I study the Dark Arts is to keep the motherfucking Devil at bay."
...10 translations later we get:
"The only reason for the study of art, is the mother of a deep bay Devil reasons."

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