Ahhh, the beauty of machine translation...A friend of mine
and I have
gotten quite adept at exploiting flaws in machine translation of
natural languages. Specifically, we are generally unable to find
a pairwise-idempotent
translation for general human languages. Simply put, pick any two
languages; for any (coherent) source text in the first language,
translate it to the second language and then translate it back into the
first language. You will find many cases where the result of the
translation does not match the initial source. In the process
of doing
this "research," we found that language pairs with significantly
different cultural backgrounds often provide the most amusing
translations. ToolsAltavista's Babelfish Service - used for the pairwise translationAT&T's Natural Voices product - used to annunciate the written text DefinitionsGiven two languages M and N, we denote the text T resulting from translating a source text S expressed in a native language M, into the second language N, and back to the first language M as such:T = S<M,N> ResultsHere is the source text S -If you need a truck rated at
no more than 1/2-ton, the Toyota Tundra is the truck for you. This
truck drives much more like a car than anything the "big 3" have ever
produced. The engine is so smooth with excellent power that seems to be
present from top to bottom. This is the thinking man's truck. Take my
advice: When you have had enough of repairs to the air conditioners,
transmissions, and electrical components of your Ford, Chevy, or Dodge,
trade that rig in and understand what all the hubbub is about.
Here is the result of S<English, Chinese> - If you compare 1/2 ton need truck
to estimate does not have, the Toyota frigid zone prairie is the truck
for you. This truck driving are more like the automobile compares any
thing " Big 3" Once produced. The engine is very smooth by is the
existence from top to bottom outstanding strength as if. This is idea
man' S truck. Adopts my advice that, When you have the foot ? repair to
assemble and to understand you Ford, Chevy, or dodge the air
conditioning, the transmission, with the electrically operated part,
the trade is any all noisily about.
Here is a machine interpretation of the text in WAV file format. |