Show HN: Translate text through random languages, 35 times

by dfkoz • 11 years ago

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gus_massa• 11 years ago

I got a strange result: http://dfkoz.com/lost-in-translation/?seed=The%20cat%20is%20....

Repeating this a few times, it falls in something like "Rapporten أنا stjal的。" or "Katten根据etole的。" and the further translations don't change.

My guess is that in these expressions the language is not autodetected, so the text in not translated to the new language.

MichaelCrawford• 11 years ago

"Coke Adds Life" yields "'Coca-Cola', and a large part of his life and death."

I thought of Coke Adds Life because a marketing campaign in China led the locals to take it as "Coke brings your ancestors back from the dead".

skelsey• 11 years ago

Might be an interesting way to find errors in translation software.

bbcbasic• 11 years ago

This could be an interesting way to see the software, and there is an error in the translation.

jones1618• 11 years ago

The translator bots have dirty minds. Give them the golden rule: "Do to others only what you would have them do to you." and you get "I did it with other people, and you want to try."

nunull• 11 years ago

I've just tried "Do to others only what you would have them do to you." and got "I just want to do it."

Show HN: Translate text through random languages, 35 times

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