Tuesday 1 March 2011

Translating

So, you were wondering what I wrote about yesterday and even after using Babel fish or Google Translate you were at a bit of a loss? Well, I had the text translated by Google translate and this was the result:

Look, you people should not be too easy. So I decided to look this weblog in Dutch to do! Pretty easy for me, although I also in Dutch would not know what I'm talking about should have.

Of course I would have about my work. After eight days off, I've worked three days. And tomorrow I'll be off! I have stopped Saturday with defective V-belt, I am today to Germany and I have a lot of orange juice to take home with them. Thanks to residual lunches. Not really interesting.

Well, and beyond? No idea where I should have continued on, so I stop there with me now.

And this is what I actually said:

Okay, you shouldn't make it too easy for people. So, I decided to write this post in Dutch! Nice and easy for me, although even in Dutch I don't have a clue what to talk about.

Of course I could talk about work. After eight days off, I had three days of work. And tomorrow I've got a day off again! On Saturday the coach had broken fan belts, today I went to Germany and I was able to take a large quantity of orange juice home. Thanks to left-over packed lunches! Not really interesting.

What else? Not a clue what I could talk about, so I will stop now.

So, now you know! Google translate makes me sound Russian!

6 comments:

  1. You know you're stuck for blogs when ...

    These days, I'm not so much stuck as much as I don't feel like putting much effort into writing.

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  2. TOO funny, Mara, the Dutch-English-Russian thing. What a giggle. I laughed and laughed.
    As for effort and writing - aarrgghh! Yesterday I wrote a lovely long blog post for the letter "i" for the ABC Wednesday meme. I accidentally hit "post" instead of "save" (they're side by side) and then had to delete it, which meant I lost everything I'd written. JUST when I'd finally written more than a couple of paragraphs for the first time in a year. Did I say argh? Yes, I did.
    I was trying to get ahead on some posts because we leave home in two weeks. Next time I write that much, I'm going to save it, too. Aarrgghh!
    Luv, K

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  3. getting your vitamin c it sounds like

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  4. Google's translations are hilarious ! I already had a lot of fun with it ! I once wrote a text in German had translated into French and then into English and found my cat sitting at my computer writing a post while I was sleeping on the keyboard !
    That knocked me out !

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  5. I have used Google translations and found a similar thing. A more colourful way to speak maybe but a bit confusing! A

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  6. Ooooo, dus elke gebruiksaanwijzing bij een product dat is made in China of waar dan ook, wordt gewoon vertaald met behulp van Google.

    Very funny!

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