ConveyThis.com Unveils All-New Bad Translator
Posted by Alex on April 1, 2010 under Holidays, Translation | 
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NEW YORK, April 1, 2010 : Adding yet another interesting automated translation tool to its arsenal, ConveyThis today unveils its new Bad Translator! tool. The tool is similar to the classic game of telephone, but using Google Translate as the “telephone”. It begins by automatically translating an English phrase into a foreign language, then back to English. It then repeats the process, using the re-translated English phrase. It does this 10, 25, or even 54 times, and at the end shows the final English translation. For example, if we take the phrase “You and me put on a bad romance” (Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance) and translate it back and forth 54 times, the final result we get is “I love you?” It’s really interesting to see what gets lost in translation; in this case it seems like the translator isn’t even sure! Seemingly random words get added or removed, and the final result is often completely different than the original.
Bad Translator! has already become a hit through Twitter. Even Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame loves it! Try it out for yourself at http://www.conveythis.com/translation.php
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