BAD TRANSLATOR!

Okay, this is just a wacky post. Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) posted a link on Twitter to this "Bad Translator" website. And it is a bad translator indeed.

It basically takes your English text and can go through either 10, 25, or all 54 different languages listed in Google Translate - translating to that language and back to English, so you can see your text morph, lanugage by language, into the unrecognizable result at the end.

It's like playing a game of Telephone at the United Nations.

So I've set the translations to the MAX, and here is a sampling of hilarity for you to enjoy this April Fool's Day.

(Yes, I initially started this post on April Fool's Day and finally got around to posting it.)

Movie/Music Quotes:
Original text:
Obi-Wan Kenobi: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
...54 translations later we get:
"Class on Tuesday a mistake."

Original text:
Jon Bon Jovi: "Shot through the heart, and you're to blame. You give love a bad name."
...54 translations later we get:
"My responsibility as heart disease. Is not known"


Famous Quotes:
Original text:
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
...54 translations later we get:
"Do not worry, I am afraid."

Original text:
Amendment 2 of the Constitution: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
...54 translations later we get:
"You can also find a group of military security and freedom."

Original text:
Jean-Paul Sartre: "Hell is other people."
...54 translations later we get:
"Top"

Original text:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
...54 translations later we get:
"Violence is good."


Proverbs:
Original Text:
"A stitch in time saves nine."
...54 translations later we get:
"Do."

Original Text:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
...54 translations later we get:
"Start tour in 1000 in San Francisco."


(There were about 50 more of these, but not at maximum translations and the funniest ones came from a friend as we were exploring this site. I'll post some of those in the comments later.)

Hope you enjoy!

(If you want to follow Mythbuster Adam Savage, his Twitter account is @donttrythis)

Also, leave a comment with some of your own hilarious translation results!

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