http://www.conveythis.com/translation.php 1 - Put a text in the box ( ex:"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow") 2 - Put the number of translation you want 3 - Click on translate 4 - Watch the text being translate in to another language and back in english 5- Admire the results ("Thick hiking, stevye throat and mouth only")
You just got served! --> I just got a job! I'm going to put my foot up your ass! --> Go to my feet, I feel it in my ass. Deal with it. --> Convention.
God bless those pagans. --> God Bless America. You black and white son of a gun! --> He is a black and white, not happy!
I think it's a fun tool to see how some very simple messages can be lost in translation, and how it's extremely important to keep in mind how subjective and sometimes inaccurate interpretations are. I think this is a valuable tool when it comes to understanding others, and how we communicate. Also: I love sandwiches --> I like sandwiches
"Unacceptable? Did you see the pool? They flipped the bitch!" ...10 translations later we get: "I do not accept? Have a pool? They bitch!" "Unacceptable? Did you see the pool? They flipped the bitch!" ...56 translations later we get: "I agree, as the pool man"
Original text: "How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?" ...50 translations later we get: "Tuesday Zêzere SAVAK SAVAK!"