this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2025
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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is how we all looked through a translation app from 2017

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What sre you rambling about. I used better translator already in 2001

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends on the language, English to any big language and back wasn't too bad, but Babel fish was probably the best in 2001 and it was far from perfect. I remember it being a common joke at the time that the translations were a bit rubbish.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I used english to german back then and it was quite passable.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't burn your bridges until the chickens hatch!

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Light a man afire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

You're preaching to the horse's mouth!

[stole that one from 'Angel' TV show. Spoken by Harmony, the dumbest vampire.]

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Was that Dubya?

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