# Translation test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 19, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877 "2005-06-19T03:49:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/1 "2005-06-19T03:49:22Z")
Эллипсис неги, сходится, губы о предсказывает! Продукт наших скаляров определен! 私のつま先のバットマンをかみなさい 這是危機的連結, 和風暴的始發地 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/2 "2005-06-19T05:04:50Z")
Down the hall and second door on your right. Be sure to jiggle the handle. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/3 "2005-06-19T05:36:28Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > 這是危機的連結, 和風暴的始發地 This is the nexus of the crisis, and the origin of the storm. How close is that to the original? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/4 "2005-06-19T05:57:09Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > This is the nexus of the crisis, and the origin of the storm. > > How close is that to the original? It’s the nexus of the crisis, and the origin of storms. (old Blue Öyster Cult) Pretty GOOD! I used the Tiger (OSX 10.4) dashboard translation unit to generate it. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/5 "2005-06-19T08:32:39Z")
[I dislike junior mod dorks] Just a reminder, in the past, non-plain text and non-english threads have been closed. [/idjmd] ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/6 "2005-06-19T12:52:06Z")
Correct, **jnglmassiv** , but in a thread clearly labelled “test” posted in ATMB, it is permitted to try out fonts. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/7 "2005-06-19T19:01:53Z")
> [@CKD](#): > > Correct, jnglmassiv, but in a thread clearly labelled “test” posted in ATMB, it is permitted to try out fonts. Right but what do foreign language font tests lead to? _bows out of thread, disgraced_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/8 "2005-06-20T01:12:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Right but what do foreign language font tests lead to? Dancing, that’s the risk. No disgrace, **jnglmassiv** , none at all. Sometimes, folks just like to 'speriment to see what happens, and there don’t necessarily need to be any “leading to.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/9 "2005-06-20T01:26:14Z")
Can anyone understand the Russian, or Japanese? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/10 "2005-06-20T03:50:35Z")
Vladimir Putin can understand the Russian and I’m pretty sure that Junichiro Koizumi is competent to handle the Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/11 "2005-06-20T04:00:21Z")
Well said, **tomndebb**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/12 "2005-06-20T18:33:21Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Vladimir Putin can understand the Russian and I’m pretty sure that Junichiro Koizumi is competent to handle the Japanese. Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/13 "2005-06-22T01:55:32Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > 私のつま先のバットマンをかみなさい “Bite my toe’s Batman.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/14 "2005-06-22T02:32:49Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > “Bite my toe’s Batman.” 😕 So the apostrophe error’s in the original. Fascinating. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/15 "2005-06-22T02:48:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So the apostrophe error’s in the original. > > Fascinating. > > 😉 What apostrophe error? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/16 "2005-06-22T03:27:45Z")
“Bite my toe’s Batman.” That’s much closer than the “Bite the bat man of my toe” I get by feeding the japanese back through the translator. Back-translation from russian butchers the excerpt from [Lem’s lovely poem](http://www.ee.duke.edu/~wrankin/misc/tensor.html) : > [@](#): > > The ellipse of bliss, is converged, > it predicts lips o! The product of > our scalars is determined! Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/17 "2005-06-22T05:42:42Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > What apostrophe error? Does that toe own a Batman? I’m impressed. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/18 "2005-06-22T06:49:47Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Does that toe own a Batman? > > I’m impressed. Yes. The most natural reading of the Japanese indicates that Batman is a possession of the toe (or toes). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/19 "2005-06-22T10:45:17Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > Yes. The most natural reading of the Japanese indicates that Batman is a possession of the toe (or toes). Well, I suppose I look like a dumb gaijin now. In my defense, it is an _extremely_ bizarre sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877/20 "2005-06-22T11:08:11Z")
테스타 보스타 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-test/308877.md?page=2)