I did that Babelfish translation thing

[astridv]

Take a passage from one of your fics, translate it in Babelfish into a language of your choice, then back to English.

When you use German, Spike becomes 'Point'. Or 'Sharpens'. Depending on the context ;)
And, why on earth does Wolfram & Hart become Tungsten And hard? Have to look up Tungsten.


Yet-Untitled Smile Time Comic Script
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Page 1:

EXT. W&H DUSK
cap: Wolfram & Hart. Former bastion of evil in the heart of the City of Angels, the imposing building is now home to a different kind: heroes, champions,...
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cap: ...intrepid warriors who banded together to fight...
ANGEL’S OFFICE (extreme wide shot)
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cap: ... the good fight.
CLOSING IN ON PUPPET!ANGEL AT HIS DESK DOING PAPERWORK; PEN BREAKS.

ANGEL Crap!
cap: At least that’s the idea.
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SPIKE COMES IN.
SPIKE Knock knock.
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I see you’re in a mood.

ANGEL My body is made of felt, I have that damned song stuck in my head... today I’ve been called *adorable*.
Twice.
Tell me you found something to kill.

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IN GERMAN:

Yet-Untitled Lächeln-Zeit-Komische Index
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Seite 1: Ext.. W&H DÄMMERUNG
Kappe: Wolfram U. Hart. Ehemalige Bastion des Übels im Herzen der Stadt von Engeln, das imposing Gebäude ist jetzt zu einer anderen Art Haupt: Helder, Meister...
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Kappe: ... furchtlose Krieger, die zusammen mit einem Band versahen, um zu kämpfen...
BÜRO DES ENGELS (extremer breiter Schuß)
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Kappe: ... der gute Kampf.
SCHLIESSEN INNEN AUF PUPPET!ANGEL AN SEINEM SCHREIBTISCH, DER SCHREIBARBEIT TUT; FEDER-BRÜCHE.
ENGEL Mist!
Kappe: Mindestens die ist die Idee.
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SPITZE KOMMT HEREIN.
SPITZE Klopfenklopfen.
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Ich sehe, daß Sie in einer Stimmung sind.
ENGEL Mein Körper wird vom Filz, ich haben gebildet, daß das verdammte Lied, das in meinem Haupt... heute ich gehaftet wird, * adorable *. benannt worden sind Zweimal. Erklären Sie mir, den Sie etwas fanden zu töten.
***
In English:
Yet Untitled smile-time-amusing index
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page 1: Ext.. W&H DAWN
cap: Tungsten And hard. Former bastion of the evil in the heart of the city of angels, imposing the building is now to another kind head: Helder, master...
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Cap: ... fearless krieger, who provided together with a volume, in order to fight...
OFFICE of the ANGEL (extreme broad shot)
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cap: ... the good fight.
LATCHES INSIDE ON PUPPET!ANGEL AT HIS DESK, TO THE CLERICAL WORK DOES; FEDER-BRUECHE.
ANGEL muck!
Cap: At least those is the idea.
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POINT COMES IN.
SHARPENS knocking knocking.
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I see that you are in a tendency.
ANGEL my body is educated by felt, I to have that the condemned song, which in my head... today I is clung * adorable were designated *. twice. Explain to me, you somewhat found to kill. ----



Gah, gotta run. Japanese class in 75 minutes, I haven't studied yet, and we're writing a test. What am I doing online? Damn you, kerfuffle*, luring me away from my books.
*I like the word metafuffle, too :)

Off I am...

ETA: back, and I did it again... same passage, but via Japanese this time. Uh... slightly different result:

Still ============================= the page of the time 1 comedy manuscript of smile of non subject:
It is thin the hat of the gloom of EXT. W&H: The wolframite and the male deer. The fortress before the central badness of the city of the angel now is the house in type impressive classified by building: Hero, champion...
hat: ...... The office of the daring soldier angel where the band is attached together (being extreme in order to fight, wide shock) the hat: ... Good fight.
PUPPET of that desk which does document office work! The closing ANGEL; The pen is broken.
Junk of angel!
Hat: At least that is thought.
The spike enters. It hits the knock of the spike. I look at that it is in feeling.
The angel with my head my body, me who am attached... today directly my two degrees is called the damned song which it has from the felt, * it is lovely, *. It has become.
Call the fact that you kill to me who find what.

Comments

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

ANGEL
Muck!


I think we have found a cool new curse word. ; )

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Bwah, you're right. *mental note*

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

That, and "I see that you are in a tendency."


And I'm going to call Spike "Point" from now on.


*dies laughing*

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Hey, I did it again but this time with Japanese instead of German. Listen to this:

The angel with my head my body, me who am attached... today directly my two degrees is called the damned song which it has from the felt, * it is lovely, *. It has become.

Downright poetic, isn't it :o)

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Plus, the Japanese got that a hart is a (red) male deer.

[starborn-scribe.livejournal.com]

*LOL* Gotta love translation programs. One of the Starborn eps has a bunch of dialog in Portuguese. I shudder to think of how badly Babelfish butchered the language.

Anyhoo, my favorite mistranslations:

ANGEL
my body is educated by felt

being extreme in order to fight, wide shock

PUPPET of that desk which does document office work! The closing ANGEL; The pen is broken.

That last bit could be a haiku. :)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

The weirdest part is Angel and Spike (in the German version) using the formal address, Sie, when talking to each other. That sounds so ridiculous.

And yeah, that last part really sounds like a poem. I mean, give it a fancy title and post it as a work of modern poetry... I'd love to read the reviews for that. *snicker*