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

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

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

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

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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 month ago

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

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't burn your bridges until the chickens hatch!

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

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

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

Was that Dubya?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

The cropping is the pièce de résistance chef's kiss