Google translate game

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Google translate game how well does it work? :)

#1 Sterling14

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 10:26 PM

Someone did this on another chat board I visit, and I thought it was a really cool idea. Here's how it works:

Using the Google translator, http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en, write a sentence of whatever you want in English. Next, translate it into Japanese. Then, take the translated sentence, and translate it into Russian. Lastly, translate this back into English,, and see how your sentence has been altered! This is really fun!

Here's the steps in a simpler format:

1. Translate sentence from English to Japanese.
2. Translate from Japanese to Russian
3. Translate from Russian to English
4. Post your results back here! :flowers:

I'll begin.

Let's all have fun playing this game, hopefully there will be few errors.

Translated...

Make fun of all is to play in this game will be some mistakes.

It gets funny if you do some inappropriate ones (I wouldn't recommend posting those here on the forum though! :thumbsup:

). Let's see who can make the funniest one!

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 11:10 PM

English to Hebrew to Italian to English.

Original:

Something is always lost in translation.

Ending result:

Always something of Lost in translation.

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 11:22 PM

From English to Spanish to Japanese back to English.

Original: All your base are belong to us.

Result: Base are belong to us all.

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#4 helpme01

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Posted 27 December 2008 - 10:38 PM

Original: To screw a nail with foolish hands.
---> Spanish
Para atornillar un clavo con las manos necias.
---> Chinese
以螺丝钉手愚蠢的。
---> Russian
Для винтовых стороны глупо.
---> Norwegian
Å skru hånd dum.
---> English
To turn the hand stupid.

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Posted 01 February 2009 - 03:14 AM

English-->Chinese-->Japanese-->English

Original:
Never trust a computer translation!

Chinese:
從來沒有信任電腦翻譯！

Japanese:
絶対にコンピュータの翻訳信頼！

English:
Never trust a computer translation!

(It is the same!) :thumbsup:

#6 m0le

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 07:56 PM

Okay, this looks like fun.

"Malware is a tricky problem to deal with"

Japanese>Russian and...

"There is a problem difficult for malicious programs"

There certainly is :thumbsup:

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 08:13 PM

Original: History is written by the winners.

English -> French

L'histoire est écrite par les gagnants.

French -> Filipino

Kasaysayan ay nakasulat sa pamamagitan ng winners.

Filipino -> Japanese

歴史の受賞者が書いたものです。

Japanese -> English

This is history written by winners.

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 08:26 PM

A stitch in time saves nine.

English>German> Korean>>

9 people in time to save

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 08:42 PM

google couldn't even handle my first simple translation from Anglish to Hebrew....

Stupid google....

I'd hate to even try a Native American language....

Stupid google.

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#10 Lloyd T

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Posted 04 February 2009 - 08:58 PM

I would say that Google's translation techniques are good enough. I tried to do a translate in Yahoo! Babel Fish (English>French>Japanese>English) and I got this:

Original: History is written by the winners.
Translated: L' History is written by obtaining.

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 01:16 AM

Everything I try comes back the same... :thumbsup:

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 01:20 AM

Tried this one... english > japanese > russian > english

Original: Alcohol and calculus don't mix: Never drink and derive.
Result: Do not mix alcohol and stone: never drink can.

Software translators FTW!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

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#13 Pandy

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 01:27 AM

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

問題は、何が起こるかを予測することがありますことを心配しないでください。は、日光の下で保管してください。

Не предвидеть проблемы, или беспокоиться о том, что, возможно, никогда не случится. Держите в солнечном свете.

The problem is, please do not worry, you can predict what will happen. Keep in sunlight. :thumbsup:

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 01:53 AM

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind

English> Japanese> Russian> English

Leave behind all this for you, for you, all you can to keep it all all all all all measurements, the fashion of building break I still feel the need to

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 01:58 AM

I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
even though you broke my heart and killed me

English>Japanese>Russian>English

I am so angry, I am not sincere, my heart is beating now I had killed