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March 13, 2008
lost in translation
I love online translators like Babel Fish. They are quick and easy and usually, it's all you need to get the information you need. However, they have alot of drawbacks for any major use. For example, here is a translation of text:
Each potato: In order to provides a better service to everybody, we are moving the extension potato central engine room. On March 14 before dawn 0:00 ~ at night 24:00, our service suspends for 24 hours. On March 15 before dawn 0:00 new engine room moved has completed, the potato could punctually go home.
Hilarious.
Speaking of language, I've realized that some of my favorite modern writers are TV show writers. People like Aaron Sorkin or Jerome Bixby. If Shakespeare or Ernest Hemingway was alive, would they be TV show writers? William Faulkner was a screenwriter. Isn't it a scary thought that our generation's best writers could be drawn to produce banalities?
Posted by azileretsis at March 13, 2008 10:11 PM
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