bao: (amused)
Nguyễn Bảo ([personal profile] bao) wrote2005-12-28 11:51 pm
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Lost in Translation, courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] linguaphiles

Behold, what the internet has sought from the very beginning: a program that will stuff something through Babelfish five times and print out the results.

Original English Text:
I am the great Nguyen Bao! Bow down before your master!

Translated to French:
Je suis le grand Nguyen Bao ! Arc vers le bas avant votre maître !

Translated back to English:
I am large Nguyen Bao! Arc downwards before your Master!

Translated to German:
Ich bin großes Nguyen Bao! Bogen abwärts vor Ihrem Meister!

Translated back to English:
I am large Nguyen Bao! Elbow downward before your master!

Translated to Italian:
Sono grande Nguyen Bao! Gomito verso il basso prima del vostro
supervisore!

Translated back to English:
They are great Nguyen Bao! Elbow towards the bottom before your
supervisor!

Translated to Portuguese:
São Nguyen grande Bao! Cotovelo para o fundo antes de seu supervisor!

Translated back to English:
They are Nguyen great Bao! Elbow for the deep one before its
supervisor!

Translated to Spanish:
¡Son Nguyen gran Bao! ¡Codee para el profundo ante su supervisor!

Translated back to English:
They are Nguyen great Beam! Elbow for the deep one before its
supervisor!

And when you take that and include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean...

Original English Text:
I am the great Nguyen Bao! Bow down before your master!

Translated to Japanese:
私は大きいNguyen バオである! マスターの前に曲がった!

Translated back to English:
I am large Nguyen バオ! Before the master it bent!

Translated to Chinese:
我是大Nguyen 6a..6a'.! 在重要资料之前它弯曲了!

Translated back to English:
I am big Nguyen 6a. 6a'.! In front of important information it was
curving!

Translated to French:
Je suis grand Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! Devant l'information importante il
courbait !

Translated back to English:
I am large Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! In front of important information it
curved!

Translated to German:
Ich bin großes Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! Vor wichtigen Informationen
kurvte es!

Translated back to English:
I am large Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! Before important information it
circled!

Translated to Italian:
Sono grande Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! Prima delle informazioni importanti
ha circondato!

Translated back to English:
They are great Nguyen 6a. 6a '. ! Before the important information
it has encircled!

Translated to Portuguese:
São Nguyen grande 6a. 6a '. ! Antes da informação importante
encircled!

Translated back to English:
6a is great Nguyen 6a. '. Before the important information
encircled!

Translated to Spanish:
6a es gran Nguyen 6a. '. ¡Antes de la información importante
cercada!

Translated back to English:
ã is great Nguyen ã.'. Before the surrounded important information!

Again!

Original English Text:
I should type some porn in here or something.

Translated to Japanese:
私はポルノグラフィーここにまたは何かをタイプインするべきである。

Translated back to English:
I or type in should do what pornography here.

Translated to Chinese:
I 或键入应该做什么色情这里。

Translated back to English:
I or enters should make any pornographic here.

Translated to French:
I ou entre devrait rendre pornographique ici.

Translated back to English:
I or enters should make pornographic here.

Translated to German:
I oder kommt sollten pornographisch hier bilden herein.

Translated back to English:
I or comes in should form pornographisch here.

Translated to Italian:
I o entra dovrebbe formare il pornographisch qui.

Translated back to English:
Or it enters would have to form the pornographisch here.

Translated to Portuguese:
Ou entra teria que dar forma aqui ao pornographisch.

Translated back to English:
Or it enters would have that to give form here pornographisch.

Translated to Spanish:
O entra tendría eso para dar el pornographisch de la forma aquí.

Translated back to English:
Or it enters would have that to give pornographisch of the form here.

So, in short, don't use Babelfish, you naughty little creatures! It consolidated with the situation of the screw is understood!

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