The 'Lost in Translation' official game

[Fake Boris]

OK, I just thought of something that could be a lot of fun.

The game would be about using the combined resources of Apolytoners to start a chain of translations. What I mean, is that I will choose a few sentences long paragraph that will be written in English.

Someone translates it to French. Then someone takes the French paragraph and turn it into German. From German to Italian, from Italian to Spanish, from Spanish to Chinese, etc.
At last, someone will translate it back to English, and we'll see what the result is compared to the original paragraph.

If this sounds like fun to you, post in this thread and specify what are the languages you feel like you know enough to put at use in the game.

I will then prepare a chain of people and make it as long as possible. The first person in the chain will receive the sentence by PM, and when he's done with the work he'll send what he's done to the next person in the chain, and so forth- the point being, of course, that no one should know what the original sentence is.

Your turn now!

(I will crosspost this in the other games forum).

[Imran Siddiqui]

but this has nothing to do with 'Lost in Translation' .

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
but this has nothing to do with 'Lost in Translation' .

I knew you would be attracted by the title. C'mon, join in. Don't you speak an Asian language? Aren't you from Pakistan or something?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I can't write it though, so you are out of luck .

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I can't write it though, so you are out of luck .

It's not like it's a change from your English anyway.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The insult made no sense... I guess that is par for the course from a half-frog

[Bosh]

English obviously, functional Spanish and crap Korean (but know enough people who speak it and English to translate for me ).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Thanks for ruining the threadjack

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Boshko
English obviously, functional Spanish and crap Korean (but know enough people who speak it and English to translate for me ).

So, you would do Korean to English or Spanish to English?

[Qilue]

You were too subtle Imran. The art of threadjacking is a fine balance between obvious and subtle.

Btw, I thought you were US born?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I am.

[mrmitchell]

I know a little French.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

im fluent in french, and a little finnish.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
im fluent in french, and a little finnish.

Do you feel like you could go from Finnish to French?

[Lawrence of Arabia]

nope.