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Awesome idea! I’m doing this

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Genius, I’m definitely trying this!

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While I've not yet tried this, it sounds genius. Thanks!

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Wonder how this post would read following this procedure.

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These little Easter eggs make my entire day. Thank you for this. So so much!

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People already treat me like Im speaking Mandarin anyhow. Especially when I try to be friendly to a stranger in the suburbs.

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I have to try this. It reminds me of when a Woody Allen movie was translated into one language, then another country translated it from the second language instead of the original English, ending up with something that was so different from the original.

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I retain this concept in large emotional attachment

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Interviewer: "Joe, your book became the #1 New York Times best-seller in a matter of days, what is your secret??" Me: "Chuck Palahniuk told me to use Google translate."

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I remember seeing a video a few years back of someone singing ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen with multiple language translation fails.

“And I’ll rise like the break of dawn” became “On the rise for Radiation”

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Yes Sir Yes Sir "Make A.I. my bitch!" Taking notes Sir. Today I found and ordered the-blue-screen-of-death fabric print online today! I know what I'm going to be for Halloween! I can't wait to make a dress! The cutest little blue screen of death you ever did see! It's like the 5th Horsemen of the apocalypse but way more terrifying.

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Wow, this English is very good looking. I thought I wrote bad dialogue before. This isn't tennis match dialogue anymore, now it's mud wrestling match dialogue.

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Brilliant

It reminds me of the time someone translated Smash Mouth's "All Star" to Aramaic and then back to English.

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Smash Mouth's 'All Star' lyrics, translated to English from Aramaic by Isaac Mayer:

There was one who said unto me that the universe was going to cause me to tremble,

That I am not the sharpest cutting implement in the storehouse.

She had the appearance unto me as a stupid one,

With her finger and her thumb

In the frame of a Greek gamma upon her forehead.

Behold, the years begin coming, and do not cease from coming.

Fed unto the axioms, and I fell upon the earth and ran.

It was not acceptable if not to live for the sake of pleasurable things.

Your brain increases its wisdom, but your heart increases its stupidity.

A great amount to do, a great amount to see,

Therefore, there is no difficult problem if we take the streets of the backside.

You will not know if you do not go.

You will not shine if you do not glow.

Behold currently! You are entirely a star child! Begin your power! Go! Laugh!

Behold currently! You are a master of the music! Begin your singing! Acquire your wages!

All that sparkles is gold!

Comets alone shatter the frame!

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