In honor of wierdness and incomprehensibility...

[toddzilla]

i've decided to write a paragraph on whatever comes into my head, and translated it 5 times back and forth through babelfish. join me in writing something pointless or poignant, and translate it until it's complete gibberish!!1

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Once upon a time there was a complete idiot from Texas. He behaved irresponsibly, and did so with abandon until the age of 42, when he renounced all forms of alcohol and drugs. Soon he entered politics, and was rapidly accepted by the masses because they identified with an image of commonality with the general public. Soon this man became president and everything went to complete fucking hell, and hasn't been the same since. In 2004 a democratic president was elected and it took 8 full years to get everything back to normal. Seeing the incredible shift in fortunes, the next election saw the unimaginable happen-a true progressive leader who ushered in an era of unknown peace and proseperity.

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mwahah!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

1. Here's my version-thanks to Sherlock.

Once in the same time there was a complete idiot of tiles of the
material for the ceilings. One behaved irresponsible, and did so with
the abandonment until the age of 42, when he resigned all the forms of
the drug and the alcohol. Soon it incorporated the policy, and it was
validated quickly by the masses because it identified with an image in
the agreement with the public in general. Soon this president done man
and everything went to finish the hell of the excrement, and he has
not been equal since then. In 2004 they chose democratic president and
they again took 8 years from complete obtaining all normal one. In the
Vista of the incredible rotation in fortunes, the following selection
saw the unimaginable happen - to begin to the progressive of the truth
of the tape that took in an era from the La Paz and proseperity more
foreigners.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Okay...

Original text (continuing the theme, I suppose):

I feel as though I've been living in a bad nightmare scripted by some no-talent Hollywood hack for the past three years. Some brain-damaged waterhead imitation Texan slimed his way into the White House through deceit, trickery and abuse of the court system, and the country's gone steadily downhill from there. America is now the most hated, feared, and despised nation on earth; our so-called "leader" is considered a greater threat to world peace by most people in civilised countries than the Stalinist Chinese or North Koreans; things have gone from bad to worse, and now the bastard might even manage to get legitimately elected.

I know I'm awake, but it looks like most Americans aren't...how long will our national nightmare continue?

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The end result after many translations: (English > French > German > Polish > English)

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[toddzilla]

3. lol

what's with all the incubus references !!

i wondered how la paz got into mine too.


seeing this stuff makes me realize how far away we are from computers ruling the world.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Apparently it translated "nightmare" as "incubus"...

somewhere along the line...makes a weird sort of sense, I suppose. An incubus being a horrible demon that rides you in your sleep. <shrug> still pretty damned strange, though...

[MercutioATC]

5. I just like how "

fucking hell" is ALWAYS "fucking hell" regardless of how it's translated...

:evilgrin: