Monday, October 11, 2004

Translation

Ever played the Translation Game?
Take a simple sentence and translate it back and forth and see what you get.
For example, how do you get from:
Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of language translation. remember to check back from time to time to ensure your phrasing hasn't changed.

to:
Hello and welcomes to the wonderful world of language translation do not remember you to examine occasionally back to guarantee your expressing have changed.

or to:
Hello and reception to the wonderful world of the translation of the language remembers to verify behind as of time at the time of assuring his to express has not changed.


Just go Engligh to German to English, or English to Spanish to English. But my favourites are the multiples:
Hallo and the reception in the world admirable remembers to the translation you of the time to the hour of reexamines the return, not to guarantee its to express moved.

(English-German-French-English-Portugese-English)

I know it's an old trick, but it still makes me laugh :)

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