Sunday, August 22, 2010

Confucius Confusion in Backtranslation

So apparently several of my comments are getting hijacked by Asian porn sites. Truly awesome. In an attempt to seem slightly more "legit", these posters are including bits of text. Some are advertisements for the porn sites. Others are proverbs, adages, or generalized statements.

As the vast majority of the comments were written in Chinese, I originally gave them the benefit of the doubt, and figured they were foreign posters who were supportive of my rantings. Nothing so fail as a blogger full of ego, right?

I went to Babelfish and translated some of these sayings from Chinese to English. I figured that I might lose some of the accuracy in translation, but could at least get a gist of the material. I have included some of the comments, backtranslated for my own viewing pleasure.

Confuseus says:

The human wants to learn to make a camel first, then can make a lion.

The world confusion, is the advantage toward; The world bright bright, all comes for the advantage.

The such superior tribe standard must certainly continue!

In each person life possibly runs into the honored person, these honored people not necessarily really honored, he is possibly the stranger, is also possibly your enemy.

The world has not taken the road which does not pass, could not have overcome the difficulty, has not hit the enemy who does not defeat.

Does not have the friendship, life He Le?

Each time looked your article, always the aftertaste for a long time, must publish frequently.

The human has a two tongue, is to observe time in the speech reason.

Mature, has ability to adapt in the life fuzziness.

Reads your BLOG article, is really a joyful matter!

A person's spell of good or bad fortune in first time is always most profound, sometimes will let person's heart turn the forever 絕 reason.

The sea gull must soar, must draw back far first. The nectar must be mellow, must for a long time ferment first.

Including receives with dies these two land bridge is the love.

We can give mutually the best gift is “the sincerity concern”.

All properties, when is not forgiven, has become the debt.



As an end note, the comments that include links to what are, presumably, porn sites will be deleted. Only real comments need apply.

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