Comments on: Machine translation fun http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568064 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568064 How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? ----> "It is doubtful this phrase will ever reach equilibrium." I has broken teh interwebs. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

—-> “It is doubtful this phrase will ever reach equilibrium.”

I has broken teh interwebs.

]]> By: garys http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568321 garys Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568321 The United States defeated Japan in World War II. -> U.S. defeated Japan in World War II. -> Japan defeated the U.S. in World War II. -> Japan defeated the U.S. in World War II. Apparently, history is written not by the victors, but by the translators. http://translationparty.com/#1714469 The United States defeated Japan in World War II.
->
U.S. defeated Japan in World War II.
->
Japan defeated the U.S. in World War II.
->
Japan defeated the U.S. in World War II.

Apparently, history is written not by the victors, but by the translators.

http://translationparty.com/#1714469

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568066 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568066 Gato, Try removing the <i>s</i>; pokemon<b>s</b>. http://www.translationparty.com/#1636520 Gato,

Try removing the s; pokemons.

http://www.translationparty.com/#1636520

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568070 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568070 you can't step in the same river twice >> You are in the river, not a single step http://www.translationparty.com/#1636902 you can’t step in the same river twice
>>
You are in the river, not a single step

http://www.translationparty.com/#1636902

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-569096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-569096 A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. (Albert Einstein) = Confusion and conflict, the main purpose of the language. A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. (Albert Einstein)

=

Confusion and conflict, the main purpose of the language.

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568074 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568074 @JKG, This is my favorite variant so far: <b>I am president, I can handle the bird.</b> http://www.translationparty.com/#1638627 @JKG,
This is my favorite variant so far:

I am president, I can handle the bird.
http://www.translationparty.com/#1638627

]]> By: anaphoria http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568330 anaphoria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568330 This is amazing. IN: The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. OUT: The truth, please contact us. This is amazing.

IN: The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

OUT: The truth, please contact us.

]]> By: pimlottc http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568587 pimlottc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568587 "It is doubtful that this phrase will ever reach equilibrium." -> "This is necessary to achieve the balance of the phrase." “It is doubtful that this phrase will ever reach equilibrium.” -> “This is necessary to achieve the balance of the phrase.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568336 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568336 Wow, this is really enlightening... The first page of Google's TOS turns into this: <blockquote>1. , Google, January 2007 2007 agreemen bushels, Google (if you are collectively, the "service" is, Google's products, software, Web services, remove the description of the relationship between sites</blockquote> Wow, this is really enlightening… The first page of Google’s TOS turns into this:

1. , Google, January 2007 2007 agreemen bushels, Google (if you are collectively, the “service” is, Google’s products, software, Web services, remove the description of the relationship between sites

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568337 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568337 Boing Boing. A directory of wonderful things. BoingBoing. Amazing, please change to that directory. Boing Boing. A directory of wonderful things.

BoingBoing. Amazing, please change to that directory.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568083 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568083 Kind of a fun little loop: IN: "The restroom has been closed for three hours straight." This causes the translator to keep adding an additional 'today' into the resulting sentence with each successive translation until it belly-flops. OUT: "The toilet is closed today.." Kind of a fun little loop:

IN: “The restroom has been closed for three hours straight.”

This causes the translator to keep adding an additional ‘today’ into the resulting sentence with each successive translation until it belly-flops.

OUT: “The toilet is closed today..”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568341 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568341 @44 I've found a triple loop: "Our results show that eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase is a multifunctional enzyme that acts at the crossroads of protein modification and protein folding." --> Function of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme proteins are the result of changes in the process of protein folding. oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme is the result of changes in the process of protein folding in the eukaryotic protein function. oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme is the result of the change in the protein folding process of eukaryotic protein function. Function of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme proteins are the result of changes in the process of protein folding. @44

I’ve found a triple loop:

“Our results show that eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase is a multifunctional enzyme that acts at the crossroads of protein modification and protein folding.”

–>

Function of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme proteins are the result of changes in the process of protein folding.

oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme is the result of changes in the process of protein folding in the eukaryotic protein function.

oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme is the result of the change in the protein folding process of eukaryotic protein function.

Function of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase enzyme proteins are the result of changes in the process of protein folding.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568342 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568342 Our Father, art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. You are in heaven and on earth. And our daily bread, please specify the date. We forgive the intrusion and against us, forgive us our trespasses. Tempt us with evil leaders KARA. British power, and glory, is forever. Amen. Our Father, art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. You are in heaven and on earth. And our daily bread, please specify the date. We forgive the intrusion and against us, forgive us our trespasses. Tempt us with evil leaders KARA. British power, and glory, is forever. Amen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568087 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568087 I am not surprised that this phrase causes a deadlock: "epic fail" http://www.translationparty.com/#1638670 I am not surprised that this phrase causes a deadlock:
“epic fail”
http://www.translationparty.com/#1638670

]]> By: MrShrubber http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568088 MrShrubber Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568088 Is my head on fire, mate? I fire, or 2 or 1 or 2 or 3 I'm single, I have in my head? Products? http://www.translationparty.com/#1640394 Is my head on fire, mate?

I fire, or 2 or 1 or 2 or 3 I’m single, I have in my head? Products?

http://www.translationparty.com/#1640394

]]> By: Shay Guy http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568090 Shay Guy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568090 I fed it a Firefly quote, and it took some time, but it reached equilibrium: http://www.translationparty.com/#1631154 The first sentence of My Immortal went through all twenty-five cycles without reaching equilibrium OR looping: http://www.translationparty.com/#1631772 Shinji Ikari's line "I mustn't run away!" becomes noticeably more badass: "I do not run!" A period instead of an exclamation point becomes "Please do not run." No punctuation at all is "I must not run." http://www.translationparty.com/#1636515 http://www.translationparty.com/#1636537 http://www.translationparty.com/#1640192 A good finishing line for a novel: "I now know I am please to complete many of you." http://www.translationparty.com/#1636149 I fed it a Firefly quote, and it took some time, but it reached equilibrium: http://www.translationparty.com/#1631154

The first sentence of My Immortal went through all twenty-five cycles without reaching equilibrium OR looping: http://www.translationparty.com/#1631772

Shinji Ikari’s line “I mustn’t run away!” becomes noticeably more badass: “I do not run!” A period instead of an exclamation point becomes “Please do not run.” No punctuation at all is “I must not run.” http://www.translationparty.com/#1636515 http://www.translationparty.com/#1636537 http://www.translationparty.com/#1640192

A good finishing line for a novel: “I now know I am please to complete many of you.” http://www.translationparty.com/#1636149

]]> By: membeth http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568346 membeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568346 The Centro-matic lyric I have stuck in my head resulted in infinite loop: "Don't you know it's your disaster now?" Made it's little machine head hurt on my first try. Awww. The Centro-matic lyric I have stuck in my head resulted in infinite loop:

“Don’t you know it’s your disaster now?”

Made it’s little machine head hurt on my first try. Awww.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568348 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568348 IN: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. OUT: Idols, sound and fury, full of nothing. IN: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

OUT: Idols, sound and fury, full of nothing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568093 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568093 for some reason, the word "marmots" breaks it. "Genius Marmot" FTW! for some reason, the word “marmots” breaks it. “Genius Marmot” FTW!

]]> By: AgentXJ9 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568094 AgentXJ9 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568094 Can't believe this one hasn't been tried yet: "All your base are belong to us" -> All members of the Foundation Which is weirdly apt... Can’t believe this one hasn’t been tried yet:

“All your base are belong to us”

-> All members of the Foundation

Which is weirdly apt…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568350 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568350 Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside -> Oh, I like to be beside the sea So... Close.... Sure, I like making bacon on the beach, who doesn't? -> In fact, the beach and my bacon? Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside
->
Oh, I like to be beside the sea

So… Close….

Sure, I like making bacon on the beach, who doesn’t?
->
In fact, the beach and my bacon?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568352 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568352 Instant solid state Live long and prosper. Instant solid state

Live long and prosper.

]]> By: Marja http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568098 Marja Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568098 I tried the following passage from "The Scrimshaw Butch," by Lucas Dzmura: "I've watched this place, this "club" they used to call a bar, change over the past twenty years, too, the younger women coming in pairs, each of them wearing lipstick and spandex. It's not something I can bring myself to understand. I am a femme. Faded now, and perhaps not so fluffy over the years as some have been, but I have loved my butches since the first time I screwed up the courage to come down here." It was too long to process at once, so I ran this sentence-by-sentence without the quotes: "In some cases, bars and clubs, "In the future," the young woman, lipstick NIZUSUPANDEKKUSU 20 has been changed in the last run in pairs. I can not even understand myself. Education. The first part of my time here, I, I, probably, FEJINGUFUWAFUWA love butches courage failed." I tried the following passage from “The Scrimshaw Butch,” by Lucas Dzmura:

“I’ve watched this place, this “club” they used to call a bar, change over the past twenty years, too, the younger women coming in pairs, each of them wearing lipstick and spandex. It’s not something I can bring myself to understand. I am a femme. Faded now, and perhaps not so fluffy over the years as some have been, but I have loved my butches since the first time I screwed up the courage to come down here.”

It was too long to process at once, so I ran this sentence-by-sentence without the quotes:

“In some cases, bars and clubs, “In the future,” the young woman, lipstick NIZUSUPANDEKKUSU 20 has been changed in the last run in pairs. I can not even understand myself. Education. The first part of my time here, I, I, probably, FEJINGUFUWAFUWA love butches courage failed.”

]]> By: thehoundoflove http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568099 thehoundoflove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568099 How did this happen? http://www.translationparty.com/#1640418 How did this happen?
http://www.translationparty.com/#1640418

]]> By: growf http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568100 growf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568100 Eriko23@#12: "I would go out tonight but I haven't got a stitch to wear" becomes "Tonight, I'm going to wear the clothes!" So much more optimistic. Eriko23@#12: “I would go out tonight but I haven’t got a stitch to wear”

becomes

“Tonight, I’m going to wear the clothes!”

So much more optimistic.

]]> By: Grumblefish http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568356 Grumblefish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568356 Song lyrics are fun. David Bowie --> "Man of the stars, we will look at the sky. We have to meet him, it is difficult" Arctic Monkeys --> "I am KEMASU赌dance floor please refer to our reasonable price" Jimi Hendrix --> "If you're out of here, the species is a thief, joker" And one political quote... "There are known knowns. They are well known. Known is known. In other words, we know that many people are ignorant. However, it is known as unknown. Also, I see him, please." Song lyrics are fun.

David Bowie –>
“Man of the stars, we will look at the sky. We have to meet him, it is difficult”

Arctic Monkeys –>
“I am KEMASU赌dance floor please refer to our reasonable price”

Jimi Hendrix –>
“If you’re out of here, the species is a thief, joker”

And one political quote…
“There are known knowns. They are well known. Known is known. In other words, we know that many people are ignorant. However, it is known as unknown. Also, I see him, please.”

]]> By: lj http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568101 lj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568101 I particlarly liked: In: To be, or not to be; that is the question. Out: This is not a problem I particlarly liked:

In: To be, or not to be; that is the question.

Out: This is not a problem

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568102 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568102 Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. becomes Evidence is not evidence of anything. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

becomes

Evidence is not evidence of anything.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568358 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568358 All your base are belong to us. ends in We belong to the base. All your base are belong to us.
ends in
We belong to the base.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/17/machine-translation.html#comment-568615 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568615 "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" (supposedly the world's hardest English tongue twister) becomes: "Six of the Patriarch, the Disease of the disease in sheep, the first six" “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” (supposedly the world’s hardest English tongue twister) becomes:

“Six of the Patriarch, the Disease of the disease in sheep, the first six”

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