Manglificating the Englican Language

[Duffy ze Emu]

Right: shiny new game idea! (whooooooop!)

The game is to take an otherwise normal piece of English (any chunk of text, nursery rhyme, whatever, etc...) and run it through a translator. Multiple times. Until is is barely coherent. It would be nice if you could also state which translator you used and the languages you forced the poor text through.
And don't forget the original text.

My example:

Humpty Dumpty
(Imaginative! I hear you cry!)

Babelfish

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

English
Italian
French
German
English
Japanese
English

Humpty Dumpty s' on a wall one sets; Humpty Dumpty had a large case. All King' ; Horses s and of all King' ; Men of s Couldn' ; the t has it still Humpty!

Go forth and Manglify!

[greatescape13]

Interesting concept. I went for a block of text that supposedly the entire world should know (snicker):

The opening lyrics to Michael Jackson's "Beat It":

They told him don't you ever come around here
Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear
The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear
So beat it, just beat it

You better run, you better do what you can
Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man
You wanna be tough, better do what you can
So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it

Translated English to Dutch, Dutch to French, French to Greek, then Greek to English. Didn't even detour into Chinese or Japanese for this one.

The result?

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With all the "lettuce" references, it seems that Weird Al's "Eat It" wasn't so far off base.

Cheers.

[Enigma]

The Gettysburg Address:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government: of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

After being put through French, Estonian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Danish, French again and finally back to English:


Four score and seven years, our fathers, the continent a new nation was created and dedicated to freedom of the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now involved in the civil war to determine whether this country or people who are committed and can take a long time. We met a great battlefield of that war. We use some of this area is a place of rest, who gave their lives for this nation to live. This is very timely and appropriate that they should.

But the broadest sense, we can not otdadesh ... we can not otdadesh ... We can not this holy place. Brave men, living and dead, is devoted to the issue here, which is well above our poor power to add or something. In a world of speech, or remember what they say, but we must never forget what they did here. This is for us to live rather than being allocated in this case is pending, as those who fight them nobly advanced. It is rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us, in honor of the dead, we have increased the dedication of reason to give the last measure of devotion that we have a very firm position that the deceased did not die in vain that this nation, God is a new birth of freedom and government, people, people that people should not be confiscated land.

(That wasn't nearly as cool as it should of been, yeah, I know too.)

[avarice8]

Weird Al's awesome parody, You're Pitiful.

My life is brilliant
Your life’s a joke
You’re just pathetic
You’re always broke
Your homemade Star Trek Uniform
Really ain’t impressin me
You’re sufferin from delusions of adequacy

You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful it’s true
Never had a date that you couldn’t inflate
And you smell repulsive, too
What a bummer being you

Well you just can’t dance
And forget romance
Everybody you know still calls you “Farty Pants”
But you always have a job
Well I mean
As long as you still can work that Slurpee machine

You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful it’s true
You’re half undressed
Eating chips off your chest
While you’re playin Halo 2
No ones classier than you

La, la, la, la, la, la, la ,la, la, la, la, la Loser!

You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful
You’re pitiful it’s true
You’re dog would much rather play fetch by itself
You still live with your mom and you’re 42
Guess you’ll never grow a clue
Well it just sucks to be you

English to Dutch, to French, to Portugeuse, back to French, to German, to English

My n' live; ; set brillantement away
your life are a Grazie are
for you only pathetisch
you are salobra it feita
really marry star Trek uniform
are impressin you
actual me sufferin
the imaginerd' ideas; ; d' ;

Suitability is you is pitifully
you is pitiful
you is pitifully
it truely
had never a date qu'
it could blow up
and you feels also that grief,
more bummer you

cannot only dance
to what it that are good and n' ;
still novel all forget you „
weet pave Farty „it call,
but it has always a job
means me very also many times,
still this pitiful machine Slurpee

IT healthy pitifully
IT healthy pitiful
IT healthy is true

to work can it at Hälftedéshabillr
the food spaanders their time chest
you playin yard 2 n' ;
c' more classier than you

is the drawer, the drawer, the drawer, the drawer,
the drawer, the drawer, the drawer, the drawer,
the drawer, the drawer, the drawer, LaVerliezer!

There is pitifully
THEM healthy pitifully
THEM healthy is pitifully it is truely
THEM the dog many you to play
receives only before
you lives with its mummy and 42 the n' assumption; ;
there is you never a reference to actually cultivate
sucks only in such a way the d' ; to be it

Wow.

[Austin]

that last song tranlated to spanish and from there to serbian

Moj život je sjajan
vaš život" s sala
Vam' re samo jedno smesno
te' re uvek prekinula
vaš pravi zvezda TREK uniformu
zaista ve' t impressin mi
vam' re sufferin iz zablude o adekvatnosti
te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless to' s pravom
nikada nije da datumi koji ste enih' t Naduvati
i vas miris Antipatican, previše
šta bummer što ste
i Vi samo pas' t Plesovi i
zaboraviti ljubavna drama
svi znate dalje poziva vas "farty pantalone"
ali ste uvek su na posao
i Mokraca
as dugo ace te miran pas rad da slurpee mašina
te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless to' s pravom
ste' re po Neobucen
gostionica čipova sa Vaš grudi
dok ste' re playin Halo 2
one ne classier od vas
, Stetuje!
Te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless
te' re Pitiless to' s pravom
ste' re pas bi mnogo bolje igra doneti samo po sebi
Vam još uvek žive sa vašim mom i vam' re 42
pogodak te' ll da nikada nije raste u znak
i to samo sucks da smatra da vam
English holandski, francuski, portugeuse, nazad na francuskom, germa n , na engleski
moj N' žive; ; Set brillantement daleko
vaš život plows da grazie plows
za vas samo pathetisch
te plows salobra da feita
zaista venčaju da zvezda TREK uniformu
plows impressin ste
ovog me
je sufferin imaginerd' ideje; ; d';
pogodnost je vas je jadno
vas je Pitiless
vas je
to jadno truely
je da nikada ne datume do'
da bi mogla da dignu u vazduh
i vam takođe smatra da bol,
ne da bummer vam
ne samo Igara
za ono što je plows dobre i N";
Još uvek dobitnik Nobelove nagrade sve zaboraviti te "
weet Patosati farty "poziv, ali
postoje uvek posao
znači mi takođe veoma mnogo puta, i dalje
ovaj aparat Pitiless slurpee
da zdrava jadno
da zdrava Pitiless
da zdrava nije tačno
da rade Pas Na hälftedéshabillr
hrane spaanders u svoje 2 vreme
grudi te playin dvorištu N";
c ne da classier od vas
da Crtac, Crtac, Crtac, Crtac,
Crtac, Crtac, Crtac, Crtac,
Crtac, Crtac, Crtac, laverliezer!
Da je jadno
ih zdrave jadno
ih zdrave je jadno je 42
truely ih je pas mnogo vam da igraju
dobio samo
pre nego što ste živi sa svojim mama i n' pretpostavka; ;
Postoji li da nikada ne misleći na zapravo
sucks gajiti samo u onim na način D'; da vidi

this is the site:
www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html

then from serbian to german and german to english here it is:
My would run is brilliant
Your would run' s A joke
You' RH just pathetic
You' RH always broke
Your homemade star Trek uniform
Really ain' t impressin ME
You' RH sufferin from delusions OF adequacy
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful it' s true
Never had A DATE that you couldn' t inflate
and you smell repulsive, too
What A more bummer being you
waves you just CAN' t thanks
and forget romance
Everybody you know calls you “Farty Pants” But
you always have A job waves
I quietly mean
As long as you quietly CAN work that Slurpee machine
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful it' s true
You' RH helped undressed
Eating chip off your chest
While you' RH playin halo 2
NO of ones more classier than you
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la loose!
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful
You' RH pitiful it' s true
You' RH dog would much play fetch by itself
You quietly live with your mom and you' RH 42
Guess you' ll more never grow A clue
wave it just sucks tons you
English ton of Dutch, tons of French, tons of Portugeuse, bake tons of French, tons of German, tons of English
My n' live; ; set brillantement away
your would run acres A Grazie of acres
for you only pathetisch
you acres salobra it feita
really marry star Trek uniformly
acres impressin you
actual ME sufferin
the imaginerd' ideas; ; d';
Suitability is you is pitifully
you is pitiful
you is pitifully
it truely
had never A DATE qu'
it could blow UP
and you feels thus that grief,
more more bummer you
CAN emergency only thanks
ton what it that acres good and n';
novel all forget you „pave
Farty weet quietly „it call,
but it has always A job
means ME very thus many times,
quietly this pitiful machine Slurpee
IT healthy pitifully
IT healthy pitiful
IT healthy is true
tons work CAN it RK Hälftedéshabillr
the food spaanders their time chest
you playin yard 2 n';
c' more more classier than you
is the more drawer, the more drawer, the more drawer, the more drawer,
the more drawer, the more drawer, the more drawer, the more drawer,
the more drawer, the more drawer, the more drawer, LaVerliezer!
There is pitifully
THEM healthy pitifully
THEM healthy is pitifully it is truely
THEM the dog many you ton play
receives only before
you live with its mummy and 42 the n' assumption; ;
there is you never A reference tons actually cultivate
sucks only in look for A way the d'; ton it

[DarkJjay]

Roll Over Lay Down by Status Quo

Original

When I got home that night early one morning
Seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door
Taking a drink cool from the fridge from the table
I drank a toast you were the most the night before

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where I've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down

When I get home tomorrow night after this morning
Show me the care you showed in the note the night before
Maybe I won't take a drink from the table
Reckon I'll lay me straight down the floor

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where I've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down

When I get home tomorrow night after this morning
Show me the care you showed in the note the night before
Maybe I won't take a drink from the table
Reckon I'll lay me straight down the floor

Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over it's a long way where I've been
Roll over lay down and let me in
Roll over lay down

English to french, to greek, back to french, to italian, and back to english

Result?

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I think it's funny that the dutch word Broodje has remained through all the times i've translated it.

Broodje is dutch for bread/bun.


Which doesn't appear in this song. ANYWHERE!

[Fungus A]

Land of confusion by genesis:

I mustve dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
Theyre moving into the street.

Now did you read the news today
They say the dangers gone away
But I can see the fires still alight
There burning into the night.

Theres too many men
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Cant you see
This is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands were given
Use them and lets start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

Ooh superman where are you now
When everythings gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour.

This is the time
This is the place
So we look for the future
But theres not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands were given
Use them and lets start trying
To make it a place worth living in.

I remember long ago -
Ooh when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago -

I wont be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
Were not just making promises
That we know, well never keep.

Too many men
Theres too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Cant you see
This is a land of confusion.

Now this is the world we live in
And these are the hands were given
Use them and lets start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.

This is the world we live in
And these are the names were given
Stand up and lets start showing
Just where our lives are going to.

tranlslation:

dutch > turkish > russian > persian > japanese > english:

I dream a dream of thousands Mustve
I am looking for a million screams
But step of the way
Theyre moving street.

Read my article: News
Говорятопасность Away 's Gone to
If you can see that an increase in fire
It burns the night.

Theres too many people in our
Many people
Created many problems
I do not like to walk
I do not understand you do not
This land is in confusion.

We are living in this world.
And for
You can try and use the
Location value

Ooh Superman, and now
I went to all
Power of man and man of steel
Now it has lost control.

At this
This place
So, look at the future
Theres really is like walking
Tell me, is why this country in the chaos.

We are living in this world.
And for
You can try and use the
Location value

I remember long ago --
Oh, the sun is shining
Yes, bright stars
All night
Laugh
I spend nearly
How much time --

Night, I'm usually home
My generation is
It promised
We knew not.

Too many men
Theres a lot of people
Created many problems
I do not like to walk
I do not understand you do not
This land is in confusion.

Now living in the world
And for
You can try and use the
Instead, fighting for the values.

We are living in this world.
These names
Get up, you can start running
We are living at the moment.

I do not like to walk, ROFL.

[Hellbreaker]

Lil' Jon - Snap yo fingers

Original lyrics

After going through Swedish -> Vietnamese -> Maltese -> Dutch -> Finish -> Filipino -> English

What's happening? December Ya Boy, Lil Jon! BME Clik
What's up 40? What's happening?
What's up with Sean Paul? What's happening?
Hello! Now, ladies and gentlemen, the time
They do so for Victory
I want to see what happens
Hello! Let's go!

Snap ya fingers! Trample on ya!
It has own everything yo!
Let me make you! So!
Let me make you! So!

Snap ya fingers and then Rock wit It
Do it, Do it, do it, do it, Gon-white barn
Tell it to understanding it, put ya hips wit it
All my girls you twist the understanding
You can not love me, me
I do this well, I do not have another person
What happens, what up
Shot up da PURK
What happens, what up
Read in my head
Pop, I drunk
Purk'm reading, I can not thank
I Blowed not lytic "
way you hell I'm gettin

Directly to da Bay, post the lytic ""
Auto Club fight by defeating Mobbs we are "all day
Drink a little, reading dyin '?
VIP style, strapped to the fact my chrome
Auto Club Look around, what I see
All Rockin 'from left to right to beat the lytic
Snap your fingers, bouncin channel lytic
All the self, the creation of new lytic
Nigga, where I come from, we?
I fall under "game by many, I seein 'is made
Shawty I asked him what he asked, "said the Pool Palace lytic
Staright from Bankhead, I said good
Cha Do what you do, you and ya crew
They are the wrong hands and onto the Playa
Mo 'that I drank more above Lookin' smooth
Nuthin he boss, can I (please do not swear) lytic

Chilli "BIP car, yeah, we Crunk
Bottle Popp Niggas "and the dog gettin 'drunk
Rollin 'Up Auto Kush areas without off
I vomit THA E em 'know that we here
Brand new shoes, new tools
Pull the car was in school, cuz I think that really cool "
Yes, I lytic "," I'm so skinny and Rockin '
Snap your fingers, then Reach for my Glock (please do not swear)!
Quarter, My (please do not swear), Straight! Cover lytic
When you snap ya fingers pulling Shawty Ya Neck
Smokin 'much trouble we can not (please do not swear) wit it
I bet you can not do, do, do it
Yes, I back track to snap a dramatic back-off
1, 2 step, so you need to sit
Basis in December, we have "city"
(and do not know) how it goes

Hello! Hello!

Wait, what?

Where the heck did "December" come from?

[Fungus A]

do you know what happened? It's rap.

[Hyper Kinetic]

The Litany against Fear from Dune
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

***

After being put through German, Italian, French, Spanish, Greek and back to English via Google's Translation service, the following is what I got:

***
You should not worry. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total oblivion. He will face my fear. I will do everything possible to pass through me too. And if the past is the mind's eye I see the road. Where the fear has gone there is nothing. I am alone.
***

That came out remarkably similar, even considering that I was using all similar languages.
But I am not sure as to why (or how) I am passing through me

[DarkJjay]

"i am passing through me"...

That's deep duuuude

for lyrics, click www.lyricsfreak.com/s/sex+pistols/anarchy+in+the+uk_20123592.html

English to dutch > french > Portuguese > english > japanese > back to english

Right! Now! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha I me my own myself me do not think that we want, but I me am 1 antéchrist of the non government principle person of Weet which the compass for Cos which you think that we want, obtains in regard to weet that. It should destroy as for I me l' You think that we want; Certain disorder! l' There is no disordered body of the dog of for the sake of; The English 1 days and perhaps m' There is no arrival; End of the time when the competition of regelingscos you can do circulating line your future dream and are connected. Me l' Me so we would like to be; Disorder! Which rank city in this way, method d' As for that j' In order to obtain in thinking that we want; As for that better l' You use; Remaining part m' Use I; As for that l' You use; Enemy I Cos. l' I; Disorder d' As for use I l' So we would like to be; Disorder! L' Just a certain method! If u.d.this i .r or this m.p.l.a or this. AM ' As for that l' You thought; As for England or exclusively we want the lease contract of the advice which is another country mutual there being a non government principle person Oh who is violent name is destroyed to me!



That.... Is pretty messed up O.o

[Hyper Kinetic]

I wanted to get the Universal Declaration of Human Rights manglified... but ended up only doing Article 2.
****
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
****

When sent through Spanish, German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and finally back to English via Google Translate, it comes out like this:
****

Everyone has all the rights and freedoms in this Declaration, without distinction of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. E 'can also among countries in the political, jurisdictional or international, that a person belongs, whether or not differ independently to protect themselves, or any other limitation of sovereignty.

****
I think that they are subtly trying to promote Ecstasy use...:
"E ' can also...."

The first part did not get mangled much at all.... amusing.
Perhaps I should stop using Central/Western European languages

[Fungus A]

Use japanese and russian.