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.
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. =)
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
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