Babelquotes
 

Here's a new game to while away the icy winter.

Find a famous quote, enter it to Babel Fish, change it from English to the foreign language of your choice, then back to English (taking detours through other languages if you like). Post the results here, for others to guess what the original quote was.

So here are a few, via Chinese:

Quote 1: Asked that any your country possibly has not done for you. Rather asked that any you can do for yours country.

Quote 2: Before such many are never owed in person's conflict domain to that minority.

Quote 3: All questions 85% are may trace directly to the highest management.

Guess away, or post your own. Give them a number to help people keep track.



I have been marking essays written by international students. They are like this. Welcome to my world bwahahahahaha!

Quote 1 - got it
Quote 2 - yes, I recognize that one and checked to be sure
Quote 3 - :D and that one, too

And English to French, French to Greek, Greek to English:

we keep these truths for obvious in


And it must be fun to go on scavenger hunts for meaning in those essays. Enjoy!

English to French, French to Italian, Italian to English:

Mine milkshake door all the boys to the court. And they are like, is better of yours. Ruined right is better of yours. I could teach them that, but I would have to load.

ok...

1. from English to German, then German to French, then French to English:

separation is of such soft concern

(amazingly that actually keeps the sense of the original despite changing the words).


2. English to Italian, Italian to French, then French to English:

you make lubricated others since you would be made him make lubricated

!

Via Japanese:
1. Thing seems like free lunch, it is not
(That's almost better than the original!)

Via French:
2. One day will find we it connection d' rainbow in love ones, dreamers and me

english -spanish
spanish - french
french - greek
greek - english

I'm glad other people do this too :)

English to German, German to French, French to Greek, back to English:
Nothing you can't per year you in a place d'? installation of translation you waste!

Nothing like wasting your time on a translation site!

That's almost Yoda-esque! :)

So here are my guesses and/or bewilderment. Highlight to see.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetwater (Post 513550) we keep these truths for obvious in

We hold these truths to be self-evident.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 513557) Mine milkshake door all the boys to the court. And they are like, is better of yours. Ruined right is better of yours. I could teach them that, but I would have to load.

No...idea...

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 513573) 1. separation is of such soft concern 2. you make lubricated others since you would be made him make lubricated

1. Parting is such sweet sorrow
2. Sounds a bit like do unto others as you would have them do unto you ... but kinkier :D .

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie (Post 513584) 1. Thing seems like free lunch, it is not (That's almost better than the original!) Via French: 2. One day will find we it connection d' rainbow in love ones, dreamers and me

1. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
2. Rainbow connection, Kermit the Frog... don't know the words properly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 513614) L'? directive in his finger

I'm not sorry about ur finger.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 513618) Nothing you can't per year you in a place d'? installation of translation you waste!

Even with your translation, I still can't get this one!

Yes on mine.:p

The compliable God, in the peace and the freedom of fear, and in the truth health, from the chastity and the foundation of our natural liquids we reign.
English>Dutch>French>Greek>English.

Almost holds up, but loses its humor.

UT's is

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,
And they're like
It's better than yours,
Damn right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge


Which reminded me of another thread where people changed the words but not the meaning in song lyrics where UT used the same song - it was hilarious but I can't find it. :(

I dress the clothes, if barely it is, I always supply that there is education by being unlimited.

Coherence is last criticism being lacking in imaginative power.

It passed, really there are people of 2 types of fascination: The people, and the people who do not know no matter what knows everything absolutely at all.

P.O.E.
O.P.E

Good one, Ibram!

English --> Korean --> English

The possibility Burger the cheese which is doing there is I?

I can has cheeseburger? That's not even English to begin with!

Sorry, they didn't have a LOLcat --> English option.

Its or the question is that.

German > French > English

...to be or not to be, that is the question? ...

while grinding on l' stage which pissing which


english - dutch - french -spanish -french- english

The coffee, has not been eaten the store the primitive region is not coffee.

English>Chinese>Russian>Portuguese>Dutch>French>Chinese>English

We possibly hug and kiss you in mouth's softness

Eng>Chinese

"We would just cuddle you and kiss you soft, on the mouth."--Brianna

English to Japanese and back

rolling stones?

Via Japanese:

Your basis belongs to us entirely, it is!

Those wacky Koreans! Bedtime must be very disturbing ...

Deeply-red the fish 2 1 fish fish blue hook quality

The jack is agile in the candlestick, the jack is quick, the jack springs up.

The down shape wuzzy bear, down shape wuzzy was not also anyone head which is furnishing. Down shape wuzzy down shape intelligence isn't, is not like that?

The jack and Jill the hill being high and in order to bring the scandal pail side with went. The jack fell with a lower part and cut off his crown and Jill comes fell after.

Somebody set up us the bomb.

lol I just keep toggling English to Japanese to English with the same thing:

I was going to do "That's no moon. It's a space station." But here's the German "translation":
WTF? Do contractions confuse it??? Never mind.

Yes. I took to writing the phrase out without contractions.

the such way it was never from also very [aytoes] so little

eng ---> portuguese ---> french ---> greek ---> eng