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Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by eksith » Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 10:17 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #37

tehwalrus wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no no, I know. I'm only teasing :)

Still, probably best not to feed every password to Google.

I'm fairly certain Google already knows almost every password considering most are rubbish and Google Books has been around in one form or another since at least 2004.

Also : https://www.google.com/search?q=password+list

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by MostAwesomeDude » Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 11:00 PM UTC

aasarava wrote: post #6

In case you're interested in learning more, or just having a quick lorem ipsum generator: http://lipsum.com

I'm obligated to chime in: http://airbr.us/h/tipsum

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by TheCoelacanth » Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 11:20 PM UTC

jwarren wrote: post #57

Lorem ipsum is frequently misrepresented as nonsense text. It's not actually the case: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2290/what-does-the-...

It's not completely nonsense, but it definitely doesn't have any coherent meaning. It started as an excerpt from Cicero but it was mangled by removing words and letters without regard for sentence structure or even for preserving words. Some of the words aren't even real Latin words.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by Apocryphon » Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 11:56 PM UTC

"We will be sure to post a comment." I thought that was a sign that this was an intentionally unserious translation that an engineer snuck in as an Easter Egg. Though it's a bit more absurdist than Google's usual brand of humor.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by derleth » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 2:49 AM UTC

hawkharris wrote: post #35

I never knew Google had a "Translate to Allen Ginsberg" option.

Reminds me more of Dutch Schultz:

http://www.feastofhateandfear.com/archives/dutch.html

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by willurd » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 3:34 AM UTC

I read this like spoken word poetry. It was quite amusing.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by andrewflnr » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 3:41 AM UTC

It's not an easter egg, at least not in the sense that it's special-cased to that one chunk of text. It worked with some arbitrary lorem ipsum I generated from lipsum.com . I think this one might actually be funnier: http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Aliquam%20viverra%20mat....

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by andrewflnr » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 4:03 AM UTC

Simple1234 wrote: post #55

Innovative policies, hatred assured.

I really wish this would become a meme.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by jvdh » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 7:08 AM UTC

This is not the traditional text of Lorem Ipsum, save for the first sentence. The actual translation is far less exciting. The only thing I noticed it that it translates something with "train" while I don't think a word for that exists in Latin.

Actual Lorem Ipsum [0]:

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Actual translation in Google Translate: http://bit.ly/127UkCu

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by tricolon » Fri, Jun 28, 2013, 7:21 AM UTC

jvdh wrote: post #69

This is not the traditional text of Lorem Ipsum, save for the first sentence. The actual translation is far less exciting. The only thing I noticed it that it translates something with "train" while I don't think a word for that exists in Latin. Actual Lorem Ipsum [0]: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,…

For some reason, "aute irure" is translated as "bullet train"; however, neither of them are Latin words.