{"id":14600,"date":"2003-09-08T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-08T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/08\/lost-in-translation\/"},"modified":"2003-09-08T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-08T12:57:00","slug":"lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/08\/lost-in-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost In Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between eight different languages, “Telephone” game<\/a>-style?<\/p>\n

original English: “Any way you want it, that’s the way you need it.”
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to French and back: “Any manner that you want it, that is the manner you need it.”
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to German and back: Each possible way that you wish it, those is the way, which you need it.
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to Italian and back: “Every possible sense that the augured ones, those is the sense, than you have it need.”
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to Portuguese and back: “Each possible direction that augured, those is the direction, that you order to need it.”
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to Spanish and back: “Each possible direction that augured, those is the direction, that you order to need it.”
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(adding Korean, Japanese and Chinese really confuses things…)
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“Babelize” something yourself<\/a>; it’s addictive!<\/p>\n

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What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between eight different languages, “Telephone” game-style? original English: “Any way you want it, that’s the way you need it.” to French and back: “Any manner that you want it, that is the manner you need it.” to German and back: Each possible … <\/p>\n

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