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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I used to play this game with Google translate when it was newish

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There is, or maybe was, a YouTube channel that would run well known song lyrics through various layers of translation, then attempt to sing the result to the tune of the original.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gradually watermelon... I like shapes.

Twisted translations

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Sounds about right to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

🎵Once you know which one, you are acidic, to win!🎵

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

translation party!

Throw Japanese into English into Japanese into English ad nauseum, untill an 'equilibrium' statement is reached.

... Which was quite often nowhere near the original statement, in either language... but at least the translation algorithm agreed with itself.