At some point, mocking bad machine translation will surely get old (or machine translation will improve to the point that it won’t be so funny anymore). But since that point hasn’t yet arrived, take a coffee break and hop on over to Jill Sommer’s blog for a YouTube video about machine-translated love gone wrong.
I want to neglect the remainder of my life with you
July 22, 2008 by Corinne McKay
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Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, law and non-fiction books. She launched Thoughts on Translation in February, 2008 as a way to connect and share ideas with freelance translators around the world.
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Yeah, I came across that vid a few months back and it gave me a good laugh. I’ve enjoyed watching it again today.
I feel that the translation profession is safe in our hands for the time being…
Rob
This reminds me of this: http://jezebel.com/5221835/do-you-really-think-a-something-something-is-going-to-marry-himself-with-a-girl-like-you