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Thread poster: Copypanthers
Copypanthers
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Sep 18, 2012

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I want to share this translation game that our agency created

http://www.copypanthers.com/lost-in-translation-agency

Basically the source text will go through several online translation tools and come out as...well, as they tend to come out Often very amusing. Also there is a contest currently, 50 best (or "worst") translations will win free earphones. Try it out!

[Edited at 2012-09-18 13:00 GMT]
 
Christian Köstner (X)
Christian Köstner (X)  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:19
German to English
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Very nice Sep 18, 2012

Thanks for sharing! Very funny!
 
Francisco Vare
Francisco Vare
Poland
Local time: 10:19
Polish to Spanish
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Meat Sep 18, 2012

Oh my God! I went from Meat to A in 5 seconds lol...
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Spanish to English
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No Spanish Sep 18, 2012

Looks like fun, although I was disappointed not to find a Spanish option...
 
Francisco Vare
Francisco Vare
Poland
Local time: 10:19
Polish to Spanish
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indeed! Sep 18, 2012

neilmac wrote:

Looks like fun, although I was disappointed not to find a Spanish option...


Amen to that!
 
4leavedClover
4leavedClover  Identity Verified
Bulgaria
Local time: 11:19
English to Bulgarian
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Great idea Sep 18, 2012

Thanks for sharing. It was really funny!
Poor me, I've spent too much time playing

 
Alexandra Schneeuhr
Alexandra Schneeuhr  Identity Verified
Cyprus
Local time: 11:19
English to Russian
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Hilarious! Sep 18, 2012

... and very reassuring, too (within the context of a recent discussion on whether MT is about to replace human translators), since I used quotes from my current translation project to play, and came to the conclusion I am not going to be out of job any time soon
 
Attila Piróth
Attila Piróth  Identity Verified
France
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Member
English to Hungarian
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Reasons for using Google Translate Sep 18, 2012

It seems that the 50% slice on the right-hand side is reasonable.



Attila
 
LingoTrust
LingoTrust
Local time: 04:19
This has been around for awhile, only as 'bad translator' Sep 27, 2012

you can find it here:

http://ackuna.com/badtranslator
 


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