Back to the bookmark compost, here's a handy item called Lost In Translation. No, not the movie. This is a widget which runs text through successive translations into and out of every language available in the BabelFish software translator. If you're familiar with the mess that a single pass through BabelFish can produce, imagine the hijinx that this can lead to. Instant absurdist poetry. Automatic song lyrics. No, wait. You don't have to imagine it. Here:
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Posted by M.Ace at 03:51 PM, June 19, 2004.Computer technologies are developing really fast. But there are no software translators that could totally replace human translators, and that's not going to happen soon, I'm convinced.
However, this LOST IN TRANSLATION game can be played with people too. If you make a round of translators each of whom speaks two languages, and you place them this way: English-French :: Franch-German :: German-Italian ... coming at last back to English, you can receive an absolutely different sentence. However, at least, this wouldn't be a sheer mess.
Diana
Posted by Diana, translator at 01:46 AM, August 27, 2004.