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Juanelo 1230

By Translation Monkey, published on June 8, 2010   
Google, internet, religion, sport / games

"Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave." - ad slogan 'Pepsi Comes Alive' as initially translated into Chinese

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   Fiestoforo Says:
   June 17th, 2010 at 19:00

   You have your answer, translation can be a diabolic experience!
   I have given this panel to a translator and she found it very amusing, specially considering that they are left in a good standing, although in reality and in the short term, translators will become proofreaders of software like google language tool. Salud!

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   Translation Monkey Says:
   June 18th, 2010 at 4:05

   Heh… I enjoyed the irony of using Google Translate for once, not to translate the Spanish but to screw up the English for the middle panels!

   I agree that the software will soon(ish) be able to translate straightforward information very well, but I suspect anything that requires a little more understanding and “feel” – humour, poetry, stories – is still a long way off. We translation monkeys aren’t obsolete quite yet!

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