The joys of the translation telephone
So, I'm new to the translation telephone, which has clearly been around for ages but slipped through my weblike tendrils. It uses the Google Translate API to translate a statement from English (or whatever) into 20 other languages before putting it BACK into English again, with inevitably wonky results. Made by Pamela Fox. The three most popular ones (though you can do your own):
ENGLISH Winter is coming CHINESE 冬天来了 SWEDISH Vintern kommer WELSH Gaeaf yn dod RUSSIAN Зима приходит BULGARIAN Зимата идва PERSIAN زمستان می آید GALICIAN O inverno vén BELARUSIAN Зіма прыходзіць UKRAINIAN Зима приходить AFRIKAANS Winter kom ROMANIAN Vine iarna POLISH Zima jest SWAHILI Baridi VIETNAMESE Lạnh SPANISH Frío TURKISH Soğuk CATALAN Fred SLOVAK Fred ENGLISH Fred
ENGLISH life is like a box of chocolates. you will never know what you are going to get. HINDI जीवन चॉकलेट के डिब्बे की तरह है. तुम कभी पता नहीं चलेगा कि आप क्या करने जा रहे हैं. ITALIAN La vita è come una scatola di cioccolatini. Lei non potrà mai sapere cosa si sta andando. SWAHILI Maisha ni kama boksi la chocolates. Kamwe kujua nini wewe kwenda. POLISH Życie jest jak pudełko czekoladek. Nigdy nie wiadomo co się dzieje. IRISH Life is cosúil le bosca seacláidí. Ní fios duit cad a tharlaíonn. SWEDISH Livet är som en chokladask. Du vet aldrig vad som händer. PERSIAN زندگی مثل یک جعبه شکلات. شما هیچ وقت نمی دانید چه اتفاقی می افتد. VIETNAMESE Cuộc sống giống như một hộp sôcôla. Bạn không bao giờ biết điều gì xảy ra. KOREAN 인생은 초콜릿 상자 같은 것입니다. 당신은 어떻게 될지도 모르게. MALTESE Ħajja huwa simili kaxxa ta 'ċikkulati. Inti taf kif tkun. MALAY Hidup itu seperti sekotak coklat. Kau tahu bagaimana itu. RUSSIAN Жизнь похожа на коробку шоколадных конфет. Вы знаете, как она есть. BULGARIAN Животът е като кутия шоколадови бонбони. Знаеш ли колко е то. SLOVAK Život je ako bonboniéra. Viete, ako to je. YIDDISH לעבן איז ווי אַ קעסטל פון טשאָקלאַץ. איר וויסן ווי עס איז. PORTUGUESE A vida é como uma caixa de chocolates. Você sabe como é. GERMAN Das Leben ist wie eine Schachtel Pralinen. Sie wissen, wie es ist. AFRIKAANS Die lewe is soos 'n boks van sjokolade. Jy weet hoe dit is. ENGLISH Life is like a box of chocolates. You know how it is.
(slightly disappointing, that one) And finally:
I want to see Emma Watson's boobies. GALICIAN Eu quero ver boobies Emma Watson. ALBANIAN Unë dua të shoh Emma Watson boobies. MACEDONIAN Сакам да ја видам Ема Ватсон boobies. FILIPINO Gusto kong makita ang Emma Watson boobies. PORTUGUESE Eu quero ver boobies Emma Watson. PERSIAN من می خواهم به boobies اما واتسون. CROATIAN Želim boobies Watson. JAPANESE 私はおっぱいワトソンをしたい。 POLISH Chcę cycki Watson. INDONESIAN Saya ingin payudara Watson. ARABIC أريد الثدي واتسون. HEBREW אני רוצה שד ווטסון. SWAHILI Nataka kifua Watson. SPANISH Yo quiero mama Watson. FINNISH Haluan rintojen Watson. MALTESE Irrid li tredda Watson. NORWEGIAN Jeg ønsker å amme Watson. YIDDISH איך ווילן צו ברעסטפיד וואַצאָן. ENGLISH I want to Breastfeed Watson.
Try the site for yourself here - and donate to support them if you like it. It's old school internet for the love of the thing.