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Posted May 11, 2013
Tried a few more...

Original text:

"I am the Milkman. My milk is delicious."

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Morning post."
Oh come on, it's already well known that there's nothing but conspiracies there.

Original text:

"GOG's lineup of classic releases for May will "blow your mind"."

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"The classic Cuban development model."
I prefer Mexican, if you don't mind... well, close enough, I guess.

Original text:

"Good Old Games"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Well you'll be able to play for a year."
WHAT. There was also "Well, it will be replayed for years" slightly higher, but this one scares me.
Post edited May 11, 2013 by YnK
Posted May 11, 2013
Original text:

"RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Triple Thrill Pack"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"The name of the European economic recovery plan of Gorky (23)."

...
Posted May 11, 2013
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"You can trick one time a thousand people, but you can't trick a thousand times one person."

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"You can save hundreds of thousands of people, but we do not accept up to 1,000."
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Ahahaha.


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Original text:

"You shall not pass !"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Click here."
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Gandalf is a popup.
Post edited May 11, 2013 by Potzato
Posted May 11, 2013

Original text:

"Good Old Games"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Well you'll be able to play for a year."
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YnK: WHAT. There was also "Well, it will be replayed for years" slightly higher, but this one scares me.
Compare to modern games where there's only content enough for a few weeks.
Posted May 11, 2013
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Maighstir: Compare to modern games where there's only content enough for a few weeks.
Ah, that makes sense, then.
Posted May 11, 2013
"SYSTEM SHOCK™ 2"
"I have 2 months."

"DANGEROUS DAVE PACK"
"Playing on ice"

"KING OF DRAGON PASS"
"King of Octopus Dragon."

"CONQUEST OF THE NEW WORLD"
"They catch the two."

etc.
Posted May 11, 2013
Original: "Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks."
8 translations later: "Alice fucking men than women and cheats"
Post edited May 11, 2013 by sauvignon1
Posted May 11, 2013
From English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: Pen is on the table.
Back to English: Pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: On the table is a pencil.
Back to English: On the table is the pen.
Back to English: On the table is the pen.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The pen is on the table.
Back to English: The Park is on the table.
Back to English: The Park is on the table.
Back to English: The Park is also on the table.
Back to English: The Park is also on the table.
Back to English: The Park is also on the table.
Back to English: Park is also on the table.
Back to English: The Park is also the table.
Back to English: The Park also contains a table.
Back to English: The Park also contains a table.
Back to English: The Park also contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: Park contains a table.
Back to English: Park contains a table.
Back to English: The Park contains a table.
Back to English: Garden consists of a table.
Back to English: Garden table.
Back to English: Garden table.
Back to English: The garden table.


hmmm...
Posted May 11, 2013
Let's reveal more conspiracies.

Original text:

"Grim Fandango"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Cylindrical vessel weighing"
.........Yeah. (Note: midway through, Bing actually translated this to "The grim ship Lola" via Ukranian. But more often than not, it just ends up as "Green", if you randomize the languages.)

Original text:

"Day of the Dead"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"one day in the life."
Sure.

Original text:

"Mind-Blowing May"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Blast"
Hehehe.

Original text:

"Enigmatic release"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Hidden text"
There was some hidden text somewhere???!!!
Posted May 11, 2013
Original: "Live like a windrammer as you fuck" (seriously, look it up on Youtube or something).
35 translations later: "Sex Guide"
Posted May 11, 2013
"I am a grieving widow. These are my flowers." > "I'm part of this type of flower."
Posted May 11, 2013
This will get old quickly, but not quite yet.

"I have no mouth and I must scream."--> It is in your mouth

On the other hand, if you restrict yourself to eight translations, it occasionally does surprisingly well:

"People must have libel Joseph k. one morning, he did something wrong, he was arrested and"

... well, except for passing from "without having done anything wrong" to "he did something wrong." Bit of a blunder there.

When you do the full 35, less so:

"Sick in the morning. B. Joseph, one of the languages."
Post edited May 11, 2013 by BadDecissions
Posted May 11, 2013
More randomness...

Original text:

"And now it's time to goof off!"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"Now they suck"
Quite possible. ^_^ Without randomization, it got translated to "Silence!". @_@ Another translation I've got was "The climate is a slacker". ^_^;

Original text:

"The GOG Community Gifting Thread"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"A good marriage."
...I should try that. ^_^

Original text:

"Look at that woman's breasts. They're large."

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"I am a woman of power supply. It is a good idea to burn my heart?"
.........

"Double Fine" got translated (on different runs) to "Keep up the fun.", "Various bug fixes" (!), "Pencil in General."(?) and "Wings".

UPDATE: This gotta be the best random translation ever.

Original text:

"Sailor Moon"

...35 translations later, Bing gives us:

"GPS"
Post edited May 11, 2013 by YnK
Posted May 11, 2013
Somewhat off topic, but I'm currently translating a book from Italian to English. I have procured a published literary translation which I intended to use as reference just in case, and holy crap it's awful.
Posted May 11, 2013
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ne_zavarj: * laughs *

After 35 translations :

BRILLIG and Tihookensk, Aogeruided, Borogov, and you don't want to. David ball saw the advantages of the new monster Munch bites nails notes Sean.
Was that originally the first verse of The Jabberwock?
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