Monday, August 17, 2009

Translation Party!

Saw Translation Party today and found it too fun not to share. Type something in, and it translates back and forth to japanese until it finds a stable translation. Try putting in something with potentially subtle meaning, and hilarity ensues. For example, the following:

What the hell are you doing to my cat?Person A.
一体何が私の猫にやってんの?
It's not my cat? Person B (Person a: No, it's MY cat, you weirdo).
それは私の猫ではありませんか?
It's my cat? Person A: I mean, I think it is.
それは私の猫は何ですか?
That's my cat? Person B: obviously confused.
それが私の猫ですか?
What is my cat? Person A: Says something deep and meaningful.
私の猫は何ですか?
My cat? Person B: Still focused on the here and now.
うちの猫ですか?
What cats? Person B again: Cat? What cat? I don't know what you're talking about. I never heard anything so ridiculous.
猫は何ですか?
Cat? Person A: trying to verify that person B speaks english.
猫?
Cat? Person B: No, I don't speak english