Dillinger
Guerrilla Ontologist
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I assume most of you are familiar with Babel Fish Translation? http://babel.altavista.com/
Here's a game we can play with it...
Pick a famous movie quote - go to Babel Fish - translate it into a foreign language of your choosing - then translate it back. The results can be hilarious. Then come back here and post the original quote and the mangled version after the translation merry-go-round.
For example:
From Casablanca - "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, here's looking at you kid."
Translated to French and back becomes:
"The problems of three imps do not rise with a hill of beans in this insane world. One day you will include/understand that. Now, here kid looks at you."
Here's a game we can play with it...
Pick a famous movie quote - go to Babel Fish - translate it into a foreign language of your choosing - then translate it back. The results can be hilarious. Then come back here and post the original quote and the mangled version after the translation merry-go-round.
For example:
From Casablanca - "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, here's looking at you kid."
Translated to French and back becomes:
"The problems of three imps do not rise with a hill of beans in this insane world. One day you will include/understand that. Now, here kid looks at you."