User blog:Echostar/You've Got to Laugh at Google Translate

Hey peeps!

On this Thanksgiving Day, my family did many things and had many interesting conversations. For an hour of our time together we put different phrases and song lyrics through Google translate.

This is the original Sorting Hat song from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone:

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find

A smarter hat then me.

You can keep your bowlers black,

Your top hats sleek and tall,

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you

Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor,

Where dwell the brave at heart,

Their daring, nerve and chivalry,

Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,

And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

If you've a ready mind,

Where those of wit and learning,

Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin,

Where you'll meet your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any means,

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For a Thinking Cap.

And this is the Google translate version, put through Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, and Polish:

Unfortunately, I do not believe that freedom

But what a man sees that he did not think

I'm going to devour me, if you can find

Cautious than I am.

Bowlers keep black

Elegant turbans and large,

It was exciting, because most

I cover.

For nothing is secret in the head;

I do not see the sorting hat,

I hereby declare

Where it should be.

Would also be a Gryffindor,

For the brave,

Your courage and honesty

September Gryffindor unique;

You can be in Hufflepuff

If you are fair and honest,

True patients Hufflepuff,

Work will not be afraid;

Or even wise old Ravenclaw,

If you want, spirit,

When the mind and learning,

And you will find race

Or perhaps in Slytherin,

True friends he met,

Use of skill in any way,

In order to achieve your goal.

So do not be afraid!

Do not hit!

You are in the hands of a good (though)

For the gray cells.



Echo   star    ★   04:27, November 28, 2014 (UTC)