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Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by gren »

tricolon wrote: post #70
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.

And "cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur." is "that produces no resultant online applications."

WTF!

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by laumars »

tricolon wrote: post #70
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.

IIRC Google Translate doesn't work as a straight "word swap" like other tarnslation tools perhaps do. Google Translate works in a similar way to their search engine in that common phrases and works on popular sites are compared and probable meaning are. This is why names celebrities sometimes get translated by the names of their peers[1] and why the pseudo-Latin in Lorem Ipsum translates.

[1] http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100905144430AA... (I know it's a terrible source, but it's the only link I could find)

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by m0nty »

JonnieCache wrote: post #28

It's obviously been crawling support tickets/emails with people complaining about non-forthcoming copy: How long before any meaningful development. Until mandatory functional requirements to developers. We've all been there in one form or another. Those of us that do client work anyway.

It's free verse, from the living, beating heart of the Internet. All those support tickets have developed a special kind of pathos:

    How long before any meaningful development.
    Until mandatory functional requirements to developers.
    But across the country in the spotlight in the notebook.
    The show was shot.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by delinka »

bdcravens wrote: post #16
delinka wrote: post #12

I can't decide if this is a result of Google's use of statistical machine translation, or an Easter Egg.

Probably an Easter Egg, given that it's been in use since a time prior to common use of "online"

If Google takes its statistical corpus from online, then I think the SMT still makes sense.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by juhanima »

hawkharris wrote: post #35

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

It doesn't. By definition, translation should not add meaning, just preserve the original. It is not possible to turn an arbitrary text into poetry by any mechanical means.

A poem by Ginsberg or any other good poet is the densest medium of communication. The message may be a bit ambiguous, but the mean rate of reception is still high: You tend to love it or hate it.

Re: Lorem Ipsum translated by Google

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Post by hawkharris »

juhanima wrote: post #76
hawkharris wrote: post #35

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

It doesn't. By definition, translation should not add meaning, just preserve the original. It is not possible to turn an arbitrary text into poetry by any mechanical means. A poem by Ginsberg or any other good poet is the densest medium of communication. The message may be a bit ambiguous, but the mean rate of reception is still high: You tend to love it or hate it.

I can't tell if you're joking. If you're being serious, though, I think you took my comment too literally. :)
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