You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon

I am laughing my ass off right now at these translation websites.. I was going to type up a blog and then have it translated to Japanese and post it. So, I typed it up and had Google Translate put it into Japanese. I figured I would test the translator so I pasted the Japanese back into the Translator and put it back in English.. What I found was pretty funny.. Here is the original English:

I am so upset with japanese baseball. If you think american baseball's deal with stubhub is annoying you should try to buy japanese baseball playoff tickets. The seibu lions made a deal with an online ticket agency, the deal apparently prevents the lions from selling any tickets by phone. You are allowed to buy them from the physical ticket office but you have to be there in person. No problem right, buying tickets online is better than by phone anyway? Well, not when you need to type your name in japanese characters and the word Linkens has no translation. I have emailed the head of japanese education and asked him to buy me a ticket.

In other japanese baseball news, this is the first year that japanese baseball is following the american baseball playoff rules that the games are played in the home team's stadium. Why does that matter? The Giants are tied with the Tigers with four games left to play. If the Giants come in second place the Tigers get home field advantage and the game on Friday will be in Tiger's stadium not the Tokyo Dome.

Go Go Giants!

Here is Google's Japanese Translation:

私は日本の野球に動揺しています。もしStubHubを処理することで米国野球の日本野球プレーオフのチケットを買って試してみてください迷惑だと思う。は、西武ライオンズのオンラインチケット代理店と契約し、今回の買収は明らかに電話でのチケット販売から、ライオンを防ぎます。あなたは物理的に切符売り場から購入を許可されていますが、そこの人にする必要があります。右に問題はない、オンラインチケット購入電話でとにかくよりはましですか？うーん、日本語の文字を入力したときに自分の名前とその単語の翻訳がないLinkensする必要があります。私は日本語教育の頭をメールで送信し、メインのチケットを購入するよう求めた。

他の日本のプロ野球ニュースでは、これは日本の野球はアメリカ野球のプレーオフのルールは、ゲームは、ホームチームのスタジアムで再生されます以下の通りです、最初の1年間です。なぜ重要なのか？ジャイアンツはタイガースに左に4つのゲームをプレイすると結び付いている。
2位で来る場合は、ジャイアンツタイガースとの試合は19日、 Tigerのスタジアムで、東京ドームではないがホームフィールドアドバンテージを得る。

ゴーゴージャイアンツ！

Here is that translation back into English using Google:

I'm upset about Japanese baseball. If the United States with StubHub to handle baseball and Japanese baseball playoff tickets, please try to buy I think it's junk. , The Seibu Lions to deal with online ticket agency, said the deal from the sale of tickets by phone, to prevent a lion. Physically you purchased from the ticket office is allowed, there must be people. The problem is not right, online ticket purchase is better than just on the phone? Well, when you enter Japanese characters in their own name and not a translation of the word must be Linkens. Japanese education I emailed the head of the main sought to buy tickets.

Other news in Japanese professional baseball, the Japanese American baseball's rules of baseball playoff games, the home team will play in the stadium are as follows, is the first year. Why important? The Giants left the Tigers play four games and are tied. If you come in second place, a game the Giants 19, Tigers, Tiger Stadium in the Tokyo Dome is not a get HOMUFIRUDOADOBANTEJI.

Go-Go Giants!

Just to be fair I typed the same thing into Systran and Babel Fish. Systran and Babel Fish are apparently now the same thing as Jessie told me last night, and indeed they both produced the same results. I am not going to paste the Japanese but here is the English translation of their Japanese Translation:

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Ugh! Makes you wonder how much of old masterpieces are "lost in translation". I guess it's true when Chancellor Gorkon said "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon".


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Last night's dinner was a great success, maybe even better than last week.. The addition of Lynz, Anja and Kevin were very nice. I had heard a few things from Sara about Kevin and I'm glad I finally got to meet him last night, he is really cool and I hope he continues to come each week. The food was great all around and the kids all had a blast.


Here is a pic from last night of me, Lynz and Anja.



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