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Discussion in 'The Welcome Lounge' started by zeratul, Jan 28, 2011.

  1. zeratul

    zeratul Guest

    Hi everyone. I am Zeratul, and I'm finally confident to stand before you and formally introduce myself.

    While you are here, I would like to share a funny link with you. Its called "Bad Translator!" Basically, you know those internet machine translators. Well this one allows you to type in an English phrase, and select how many times to translate before back to English, and get something totally different in return.

    Here is an example

    Originally what I typed in was: Hi, I am gay.

    AFRIKAANS : Hi, ek is gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ALBANIAN : Hi, unë jam homoseksual
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ARABIC : مرحبا ، أنا مثلي الجنس
    Back to ENGLISH : Hello, I'm gay
    BELARUSIAN : Добры дзень, я гей
    Back to ENGLISH : Hello, I'm gay
    BULGARIAN : Здравейте, аз съм гей
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CATALAN : Hola, sóc gai
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CHINESE : 嗨,我是同性恋
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED : 嗨,我是同性恋
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CHINESE_TRADITIONAL : 嗨,我是同性戀
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CROATIAN : Bok, ja sam gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    CZECH : Ahoj, já jsem gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    DANISH : Hej, jeg er bøsse
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    DUTCH : Hallo, ik ben homo
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ESTONIAN : Tere, ma olen gei
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    FILIPINO : Hi, ako ng gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    FINNISH : Hei, olen homo
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    FRENCH : Salut, je suis gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hello, I'm gay
    GALICIAN : Ola, eu son gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hello, I'm gay
    GERMAN : Hallo, ich bin Homosexuell
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    GREEK : Γεια σου, είμαι ομοφυλόφιλος
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    HAITIAN_CREOLE : Hi, Mwen masisi
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I am gay
    HEBREW : היי, אני הומו
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    HINDI : हाय, मैं समलैंगिक हूँ
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    HUNGARIAN : Szia, én vagyok buzi
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ICELANDIC : Hæ, ég er hommi
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    INDONESIAN : Hi, aku gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    IRISH : Hi, I'm aerach
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ITALIAN : Ciao, sono gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hello, I'm gay
    JAPANESE : こんにちは、私はゲイだ
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    KOREAN : 안녕, 난 게이야
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    LATVIAN : Sveiki, es esmu gejs
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    LITHUANIAN : Hi, I'm gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    MACEDONIAN : Здраво, јас сум геј
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    MALAY : Hi, aku gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    MALTESE : Hi, I'm gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    NORWEGIAN : Hei, jeg er homofil
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    PERSIAN : سلام ، من همجنسگرا
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    POLISH : Witam, jestem gejem
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    PORTUGUESE : Oi, eu sou gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    PORTUGUESE_PORTUGAL : Oi, eu sou gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    ROMANIAN : Salut, sunt gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    RUSSIAN : Привет, я гей
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SERBIAN : Здраво, ја сам геј
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SLOVAK : Ahoj, ja som gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SLOVENIAN : Živjo, jaz sem gej
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SPANISH : Hola, soy gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SWAHILI : Hi, I'm mashoga
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    SWEDISH : Hej, jag är homosexuell
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    TAGALOG : Hi, ako ng gay
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay
    THAI : Hi, I'm เกย์
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm gay.
    TURKISH : Merhaba, ben gay değilim.
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm not gay.
    UKRAINIAN : Привіт, я не гей.
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm not gay.
    VIETNAMESE : Hi, tôi không đồng tính.
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm not gay.
    WELSH : Hi, Dwi ddim yn hoyw.
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I'm not gay.
    YIDDISH : הי, איך בין ניט פריילעך.
    Back to ENGLISH : Hi, I am not gay.
     
  2. Nat3

    Nat3 Guest

    Hello, and welcome to EC(Kind of weird, since this is not your first post @ ECxD. And while I was not able to comprehend all the translations or pronounce them, they were a nice touch and idea. =)
     
  3. Artemicion

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    Hihi and welcome and from the translations...i know for sure the chinese ones are right :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:.
     
  4. zeratul

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    The point wasn't that it was right or wrong the point was that it goes to Hi, I am not gay in 56 translations. Now here's something that is ridiculous to illustrate what I am talking about.

    http://www.conveythis.com/translation.php
     
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    There was another thread about the bad translation website with some really funny responses... worth a look to give an idea of what sorts of things will yield hilarious results.

    Thanks for the reminder about it, I'd almost completely forgotten it :slight_smile:
     
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