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[prokopetz]

There is no meme so domain-specific that I won't laugh at it. Give me train fandom memes about fucked up signal flags. Give me Beowulf scholarship memes about how to correctly translate "hwæt". The fact that I have no frame of reference is no obstacle to a sensible chuckle.

[skysyzygy]

here are some translations of the text in the chinese room, courtesy of Pleco and also my decades of learning mandarin

[savaralyn2]

Dungeon Meshi - Happy New Year 2024!

[contradictorypenguin]

I had a dream last night that I was trying to translate something into Italian and I discovered that Google Translate had added several languages that weren't,,, actually languages?

Like they had one called 'Neurotypical' that took cryptic double-meanings and made them straight-forward, and they had one called 'Corporate' that translated bureaucratic bullshit into plain words, but the one that I remember most clearly was called 'Passive-Aggressive Asshole,' and it looked like this -

In the dream I also put in "You're so welcome" and it translated it to "You'd better be grateful, you fuck."

[closet-keys]

When texting my friend Ahmed, I offered to translate my words into Arabic using tools available to me.

He assured me multiple times that he would translate, telling me "I understand some words in English. I was diligent in it at school and I do translation too."

I am always extremely humbled by his gift of making our conversations easier for me. Learning multiple languages is challenging, and it's something I've struggled with despite being so much older than him and receiving so many advantages he's never had.

Even if he had not told me of his diligence in his studies, I would have known. He is such a bright, thoughtful young person.

Ahmed's passion for education is enduring. As he wrote in his fundraiser, the hope he holds onto through everything is to rebuild his life, continue his education, and develop his skills.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

They made a show called “The T word” which essentially was the same as “The L word” but all the lesbians were translators. When my teacher suggested we watch it in our translation class, I was like sir, this is a terrible idea.

[palamedestragedy]