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Quailman · His Postmajesty

We've posted translations before, where you use Babelfish to translate from English to French to German to Yiddish or whatever and back to English. Now there's an automated Bad Tranlator. It goes right down a list of languages, up to 50, translating from English to {language 1} to English to {language 2} to English and so on. The languages include Hindi, Haitian-Creole, Icelandinc, Macedonian, Catalan, Estonian and more.

Here are some song lyrics I tried anywhere between 10 and 40 times.

1. "One of them is only one number to know. As two bad, as it is. This question, as individuals."
2. "Maybe all that glitters is gold, buy sky."
3. "I am not happy."
4. "You know, the world's women live in our problem."
5. "Send to success, happiness and good governance, including long-term."
6. "If you continue to stop at a red light. Day ends. Able to sell the complex at night."
7. "I was a poor boy, the story is enough. I have differences in your pocket - which is compatible with all the jokes, we are not listening to other considerations."
8. "If the hard disk when a friend down the bridge will not be harvested."
9. "It is endless. Well, my friend. I began to sing, do not know the people what it is."
10. "Oh, it's an interesting horse, a small open economy!"

ralphmerridew · Daedalian Member

2 sounds like Stairway to Heaven

dethwing · DeTheeThaw

7 has got to be : The Boxer - S&G

Zag · Tired of his old title

Is #9 The Song that Never Ends?

Sessie · Saucy Chica

6 sounds like Roxanne
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Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

1 is the loneliest number that you'll ever do...

raekuul · Lives under a bridge & tells stories.

Why does 10 make me think of Heavy Horses by Jethro Tull?

3 has to be Don't Worry, Be Happy

Quailman · His Postmajesty

All correct until the last post. 3 is older than that, and 10 is way older. I have no idea where the word economy came from.

groza528 · No Place Like Home

For 3 I was going to guess I can't get no satisfaction

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Sentran · Ray of Sucking Funshine

10: Camptown Races?
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Quailman · His Postmajesty

Nope. I don't know which translation brought 'economy' in. Key words are horse and open.

Sentran · Ray of Sucking Funshine

My other guess for #10 was Horse With No Name, by America.

No guesses for 4, 5, or 8 yet.
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