Babelfish is an on-line translator that, while of no use for anything needing serious translation, is great fun and a good writing tool.
See what I mean:
I typed in lyrics from Annie's "Tomorrow" (ten points if you can quote the line!), translated them into traditional Chinese, and then back into English. I ended up with:
"Whether there is the consideration will eliminate the spider web tomorrow and sorrowfully until."
Pretty, huh?
I've been using babelfish to see if my poems are too punctuation-dependent and to see if I use enough words that illicit emotion. My result: a lot of my writing apparently needs some work.
Try it out at http://world.altavista.com/tr and let me know how it works for you. Post good translations here- they are often thought provoking or terribly funny.
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