KILLING TIME

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | Uncategorized

On days like this, these blog deals can be a bit tough. Everybody’s either on their way some place else or has shut it down for a few days so there’s really not much going on. Add to this the fact that the Editor doesn’t get off his library job until 9:00 PM and the place is basically empty right now. So with that in mind, I give you Katharine Jefferts Schori translated from English to Japanese and from Japanese back to English:

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11 Comments to KILLING TIME

JM
November 26, 2008

The translator did no harm to the original.

Clifford
November 26, 2008

Proving once again the GIGO principal. Or, in this case, unintelligible new-age babble in; unintelligible new-age babble out.

Please tell me no turkeys were harmed in the making of these translations.

The Little Myrmidon
November 26, 2008

I’ll bet you meant this translation-thingy to be funny, but I can hardly tell the difference between this and her usual drivel.

Well, off to get ready for our tryptophan and alcohol-induced comas tomorrow. Sang my lungs out at the Thanksgiving Eve service.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Christopher Hathaway
November 27, 2008

My middle earth translation of her remarks just came back as
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.