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wilsonscrazybed

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I know this one has been done before. Not that I've seen it, but just by merit of how long the resources have been available and the amount of fun that can be had doing it.

Here are the rules to this game.
  • Find a block of text, not too long. I chose the first paragraph from Yahtzee's blurb.
    Go to babelfish.
    Translate it to another language, any language will do. I find that the Asian languages translate much more poorly, so I chose Japanese.
    Copy your text and translate that back into English.

Presto, instant art!

Yahtzee is born England where the sweet hat has been attached, presently Australia it is the fragment of writer and gamer and that shoulder which it has made be based. When he does not speak to head horn mic very fast, in addition as for him to express us, the game of venture of the freeware which is even excessively important is designed, the column of the back section page is written because of PC Gamer. That private place is www.fullyramblomatic.com.
Might take you a few trys to make something truly horrendous. Give it a try.

Edit: After reading over that horrible bit of dross, I decided to try to retranslate it into proper English once more. Here goes nothing.

Yahtzee was born in England where his sweet hat was attached. Presently Australia has caused him to fragment into a writer and a gamer after he crashed off the shoulder of a road near an army base. When he does not speak into a head horn very fast the back of PC gamer turns into freeware applications. Ohhh, the horror!(Alright, I added that last bit)
 

EnzoHonda

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Heh, here's Clinton's denile of the Lewinsky thing from English to Chinese to English.

"But I want to the American to say a matter. I want you to listen to me. I said this again: I not with that woman's sexual relationship, Miss Lewinsky. I never tell any person to lie, is not the time; Never. These indictment are false. And I need to go return to work am the American. Thanks."

Not too shabby.
 

Knight Templar

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GamePolitics reoprt of Jack Thompson's threat. Funny on its own.

It seems that there will be view thompson's that we we cannot print selected endurances from the trial testimony, but sufficiently that we have lawful obligation to the report against the testimony of all witnesses, including thompson ourselves, which testified on 5 days. That there will be nonsense. First would intend that the right of popravky gP's of the first null and void, then, we was which they do not obtain, that we cause we print, but sufficiently which jack thompson makes. That'.s nonsense. That would mean that GP'.s First Amendment rights are null and void, that we don'.t get to determine what we print, but rather that Jack Thompson does.

Its like Thompson himself made it.
 

monodiabloloco

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Here is the last bit of the "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech by JFK
Here is the original: http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/presidential-speeches/presidential-speech-jfk-berliner.htm

Freedom is division impossible, when 1 person becomes the slave, everything is not free. When everything is free, we this city are connected in that day and in peace, this country of Europe of the promising earth and being possible this as one, when large continent thing, you see first. When that day comes finally, because, as for the west Berlin people it can take the calm satisfaction of the fact that almost it was on front of 20 years. Therefore as for the place perhaps you live, wherever being, free human everyone the citizen, me is pride word "Ich large box ein Berliner" taking Berlin, and as a free person.
 

imPacT31

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  • "Our retailers are telling us that Xbox 360 is selling as fast as they can restock, but due to this high demand, Xbox 360 is experiencing temporary shortages. We are working as quickly as we can to replenish inventory."

-Microsoft Xbox 360 group manager Aaron Greenberg

becomes

  • To stock the fact that temporary insufficiency is experienced anew it is possible our retailers but in order to sell fast, Xbox 360 this high demand, is because of Xbox 360 and you call to us. We our cans directly work in order to add the catalog

- Manager of the Microsoft Xbox Aaron グリーンバーグ 360 group
 

ShadeOfRed

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So Brawl is basically the best game ever. The end.
Smash-related comics from now on will have secret character spoilers, so if you didn't want to know that Mario's in Brawl you can just take your leave right now. I'm not planning on doing anything Subspace-related, though, so those worried about that can stay.
And when translated to Japanese and back...

So quarrel is the best game basis. Edge. As for Mario of quarrel when you do not think that we would like to know that now it can take your permission exactly in the future therefore there is a spoiler of quality of secret, comically it is related fearfully. I am not planned however Subspace by the fact that it does with anything which is related, so those which are worried about that can are restricted.
 
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We mark not or fail. We continue to the end. We fight in France, we fight on the seas and the oceans, we fight in the increasing confidence and increasing strength in air, defend we our island, whatever the costs can be. We fight on the beaches, we fight from the landing reason, we fight in catch and in the roads, fight we in the hills; we never hand over.

English-German-English.
 

Haliwali

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Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.
Wing dream. ' You suppose, the family where place our nation finds desire
You tell me which one is the translation.
Wow, my first Bush joke.
 

InProgress

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From Wikipedia, Jonesy's biography:
Jonesy is an anthropomorphic mole who happens to be Roman's oldest friend, He's an explosive expert and loves nothing more than a good old-fashioned bomb, as he tends to identify with anything that blows up when messed with. Jonesy's a rather irritable moleman and is short of stature and patience. His homeland was destroyed by King Forge, He cares about nothing and nobody except for Roman and Q; as they're all he has in the world. First and foremost he believes the Lionhearts should look out for themselves and make off with the loot, wherever the loot may be.
And the result:

Jonesy are antropomorfe mole which the oldest friend of Roman happens to be, are he an explosive expert and love nothing more than one good old-fashioned bomb, since he tends himself with no matter what identify which succeeds when omhoog made a mess with. More rather irritable moleman van Jonesy and has been tolerated short of figure and. Its birth country was destroyed king forges, passes on he for nothing and nobody except Roman and q; since they all are he has in the world. Especially he believes Lionhearts from for itself would have look at and gone with the booty to prove, the booty can be.
English - Dutch - English
 

Melty Blood

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"Not all who wanders are lost" from english to Japanese and back becomes

"Everything which you wander about and is not is lost" which, from english to chinese to english becomes

"All you stroll and are not lose" english Korean english =

"By you it takes a walk and losing intelligence it is not, all" English russian english=

"From you it assumes jaunt and losing to information not, everything"
 

sirvivealot

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i got a better idea for a game. you take a well known text (a poem for example), run a few translations and then the others try to name the original text.
heres an easy example:

for damage the return and the return turn that one of the falcons does not extend more means more that falconer than he is probable? Case of the things of pieces? the means cannot be founded? Simple melted anarquna, posterior part resolves - the world, the tides of the Blut-verdunkelten and whichever part the ceremony of an opening is drowned? The best lack the complete conviction, while it is more its evil that I fascina of intensity, is full. It is - it discovers without a doubt with the hand? Of an other side to the hand it comes is undeniable for he comes from an other part! An outside of these of words for is after violence, if Mundi beyond a particular illustration alkoo' l wishes axjme' ours inquijtantement that it says: a part beetje Sanden of the abandonment this last one has to the way with the bodies of the Loewes and of the head of a person, the modifications of to of the pitiless field of the Anstarrenfreier and, here the sun, coscie disc of a valve, while it has put to the circuit completely stretches them mpompj' na its to horripilj of abandonment the birds. Of Noircissage of other acceptances of the years? but weet the hour what twenty centuries were petrw' of the dream that becomes to with the incubus to outside of the apparatuses of acceptance of its movement that opposite talantey' etaj and what the animal is cited inner approximately approximately the hour finally of the Slouches the direction of Belem excessive?
 

projjalc

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But the game needs that you think and as for me there is no feeling of the thing which is thought!

(English → Japanese → English ... actually, that's worded better than what I started with.)
 

knumpify

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Or is it not, that question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows or weapons to the issue that occupies the sea. The die, to sleep, perhaps to dream

hamlet's second soliloquy, who said shakespeare wasn't useful?
 

GenHellspawn

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United Abominations - Before

Less than five miles from Ground Zero sits an International hotbed, the United "Abominations" as it were. Created to prevent wars and promote peace, it failed to address the most dangerous threats facing the world.

In a mire of hypocrisy, bribes, kickbacks, and corruption, the UN enables terrorism, and ignores sex crimes by its peacekeepers. The UN is where our so-called allies undermine us, and we pay 22% of their tab to host our enemies here at home.

Ambassadors from dirt-poor countries enjoy luxurious, tax-free Manhattan lifestyles, turning children into sex-slaves and enjoy Diplomatic immunity. It's a complete and utter disgrace, a blot on the face of humanity, and they get away with it.

Poverty in their kitchens
Held hostage by oil-for-food
Yet their own plates are full off the fat of their lands
There's no blood on their hands, right Kojo?
They promised to tell the truth
Without leaving a fingerprint, but
They will lose the UN one way or another
The victim, I fear will be us, sisters and brothers

The UN is right; you can't be any more "un"
Than you are right now, the UN is undone
Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun
The threat is real, the Locust King has come
Donft tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done
Just give me ammo for the United Abominations

A grave and gathering danger
The decision to attack
Based on secret intelligence it'll take years
I fear to undo the failings in Iraq
You may bury the bodies
But you can't bury the crimes only
Fools stand up and really lay down their arms
No, not me, not when Death lasts forever

The UN is right; you can't be any more "un"
Than you are right now, the UN is undone
Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun
The threat is real, the Locust King has come
Donft tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done
Just give me ammo for the United Abominations

"The UN writes resolution after resolution and has become irrelevant through inaction and totalitarian paralysis,"
"Order, Order!!!"
"Ha! There is no such thing as order"
"Larry, it's true, reports confirm today that the United Nations has officially closed its doors forever,"
"Well, I just don't see what all the fuss is, because they don't do anything anyway, do they?"

The UN is right; you can't be any more "un"
Than you are right now, the UN is undone
Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun
The threat is real, the Locust King has come
Donft tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done
Just give me ammo for the United Abominations

NATO invaded Yugoslavia to end ethnic cleansing, there was no UN
The US invaded Afghanistan after 9/11, there was no UN
Saddam Hussein violated 17 UN resolutions; The UN was asked to join the war in Iraq. The US invaded, Ha! there was no UN
Libya bombed a discotheque in Berlin killing Americans, there was no UN
Iran funds any terrorist organization it can, and attacked the US in the seventies, there was no stinking UN
Facing War without end, looking into the future, there was no more UN

United Abominations - After
Is poorly traded in theirs kitchen by the petroleum food to think is the hostage also their own tray leaves the fat is full they falls the land in theirs hand, on correct Kojo does not have the blood? They guaranteed told the truth but not to leave behind the fingerprint, but they will lose the United Nations victims by any method, perhaps will be we, the sisters and brothers the United Nations will be correct; You are impossible "must" compared with you now are another mushroom cloud again which the United Nations is has completed, another conclusive evidence threat is really, King Locust came not to tell me the fact; I do not like they has done just for the unity hatred for me the ammunition one kind serious and gather the danger to decide perhaps the attack will undergo take the secret intelligence as the basis the fashion for several years you possibly to bury the body in the Iraqi return to original state shortcoming but you not to be allowed to bury only limits the crime fool to stand up and really draws up their arm not to have, will not be I, will not be when will die forever will continue the United Nations to be correct; You are impossible "must" compared with you now are another mushroom cloud again which the United Nations is has completed, another conclusive evidence threat is really, King Locust came not to tell me the fact; I do not like they has done just for the unity hatred for me the ammunition "the United Nations after the resolution writes the resolution and the penetration lazy and the totalitarianism paralysis changes not not related," "orders, orders! ! ! " "Hey! Does not have the order "this matter" the lary, is really, reported confirmed today that United Nations officially forever Guan Ch'imen, "" perhaps I really did not look what all anxious is restless is, because they handle any matter not in any event not right? The "United Nations is correct; You are impossible "must" compared with you now are another mushroom cloud again which the United Nations is has completed, another conclusive evidence threat is really, King Locust came not to tell me the fact; I do not like they has done just for the unity hatred for me ammunition NATO encroaching upon the Yugoslavian termination race deconstruction, does not have the United Nations in 9.11. after US Afghanistan which encroaches, does not have the United Nations sea ?X to violate 17 item of United Nations resolution; The United Nations is requested in Iraq with the war same place. US encroaches, hey! Does not have the United Nations Libya bombing in Berlin kills in the American a discotheque, does not have the United Nations Iran fund any terrorism organization it to be allowed, attacks US in the 70's, will not have the smelly United Nations facing the infinite war, the forecast future, will not have more United Nations
 

Saskwach

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I'd like to see how many different translations were needed to make a well-known piece of writing totally unrecognisable.
 

GenHellspawn

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Jonesy is an anthropomorphic mole who happens to be Roman's oldest friend, He's an explosive expert and loves nothing more than a good old-fashioned bomb, as he tends to identify with anything that blows up when messed with. Jonesy's a rather irritable moleman and is short of stature and patience. His homeland was destroyed by King Forge, He cares about nothing and nobody except for Roman and Q; as they're all he has in the world. First and foremost he believes the Lionhearts should look out for themselves and make off with the loot, wherever the loot may be.

And multiple translations later...

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stompy

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Ach, I've tried to get your results, but unfortunately, both pieces of text I have chosen remain, surprisingly, unchanged, even when changed to Korean.