Neat Thing: Lost In Translation

October 23rd, 2007

Carl Tashian has had this neat little website for quite a long time. This little app basically “babelizes”, as he puts it, any english phrase you input, by then translating it back and forth between english and five different other languages.

The result shows you not only the final translated sentence, but also the translation breakdowns throughout the process. Not only is this a neat example of language differences and similiarities, but it’s also pretty darn entertaining.

Example)
Original Phrase: Sometimes, my cat is very cute.
Translated Phrase: To the times my cat is the very pleasant one.

Some of the translations make sense, but most don’t. Enjoy!

Link: http://tashian.com/multibabel/

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