You and me can use a bad translator.

Anninyn · Aug 21, 2011

I'm talkin' 'bout Bad Translator. It's a lot of fun. You just put your phrase into the translation box, choose the number of translations and wait.

Here are some of my best.

"I have hairy legs."

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"You can not die."

"I'll never shave again."

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"This is not surprising."

You can have your own fun here: http://www.ackuna.com/badtranslator
I'd like to see what you get. Why not try it with some of your favourite lines from novels and poems?

Alessandra Kelley · Aug 21, 2011

"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me, filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before, So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door."

...10 translations later Google gives us:

"Garden theft is confident of each purple silky fabric of my fear my joy is great, never, so far most of the players from all my heart, I repeat, "This is a visitors want to come to my door."

Kind of poetic, in its own way.

mirandashell · Aug 21, 2011

I predict a riot = I hope the opposite

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? = As the summer?

Man, I could play with this all day!

Mr Flibble · Aug 21, 2011

You can get some pretty hilarious results from translating fro English to another language and back on Babel.

The scary clown walked down the road, his super big feet flopping sadly, when suddenly! His trousers turned into a turnip.

Translate to Dutch, then French then Greek and back to English

The narrow clown that [badizetai] below the street, super big legs that, when flopping suddenly sad! The trousers I have converted they collect.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Aug 21, 2011

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

...10 translations later Google gives us:

"Actually, my dear, my luggage."

:roll:

"I have a lovely bunch of coconuts."

...20 translations later Google gives us:

"I have a lot of oil and glory."

Kateness · Aug 21, 2011

"I disagree with what you say, but I will die to protect your right to say it" = ": I agree with the defense of freedom of expression, but not really."

*snorfle*

Caitlin Black · Aug 22, 2011

I went for: "I just cannot believe it's not butter!"

I got, after 20 translations: "I can not believe it or not!"

Hmm. Let's try something else...

"I hope and pray for an insect to obliterate all plant life on Mars, but only part-time."

50 translations. I got:

"Oceans, weather, pain, and I hope that all agricultural products."

Don't know how they got Oceans in there...

Anninyn · Aug 22, 2011

I decided to use the first line of my blogs 'about me'.
It turned out pretty well.
"Anninyn lives and works in the UK, though she writes in a world of her own. "

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"Britons living and working abroad."

and

"Absolute Write is the best writing forum in the world."

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"However, in this world, left a message on the forum."

Edit:"One day there might be an apocalypse. The day after that, we don’t plan to be a part of the body count. You might not be either. "

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"This is a humanitarian disaster. Some soldiers on Monday."

bettielee · Aug 22, 2011

Anninyn said:
"I have hairy legs."

...50 translations later Google gives us:

"You can not die."

I knew it! Hairy legs and I live forever! whooooooooo!

You and me can use a bad translator.

Anninyn

Stealing your twiglets.

Alessandra Kelley

Sophipygian

mirandashell

Mr Flibble

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?

Kateness

Caitlin Black

Wild one

Anninyn

Stealing your twiglets.

bettielee

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!