Re: Hi Wuzi ...
Ilmari Karonen wrote: <stuff elided> > The idea? To translate a piece of text back and forth between two > languages, and see if it settles into an attractor - either a single > sequence of words that survives the translation, or even possibly > a cycle between several versions. > > The results are not only often hilarious, but maybe - just maybe - > you might be able to gain some new insight as well. :) I did a single cycle on a single version of the cartoon below, the translation survived and is amusing as well! 01WW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW6062 02 02 03 Frogstein and Birdstein - The Squeeze 03 04 by Pete Casso 980404 04 05 05 06 Frogstein! Why don't you ever 06 07 sit back and cross your legs? 07 08 / 08 09 / Ouch, Birdstein! OUCH! I will squeeze 09 10 what nature has put between my legs! 10 11 _==_ / 11 12 ( "> oo. 12 13 (> )> (- ) 13 14 ^^ " " 14 15WW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW6062 Translated by Alta Vista from English to French to English 062 02 02 03 Frogstein and Birdstein - Compression 03 04 by Pete Casso 980404 04 05 05 06 Frogstein! Why don't you sit down 06 07 behind and do not cross your legs? 07 08 / 08 09 / Ouch, Birdstein! OUCH! I will tighten 09 10 what nature has put between my legs! 10 11 _==_ / 11 12 ( "> oo. 12 13 (> )> (- ) 13 14 ^^ " " 14 15WW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW6062
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