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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting
    "Your dog wants a steak." #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting
    As a parent, most times you already know why they are crying, so I cant see this as being worth $30 unless youre a babysitter with no clue about babies. #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting
    Wow, do they have one of these apps to interpret what girlfriends are really upset about when they're arguing? Cause I'm more lost in that category. #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/06/09

    @seapathac: Try active listening techniques. They seriously do work. #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting
    Puh-leeze. This is hardly a helpful app. When this app can automatically dispense food when it detects hunger or carry my child to the crib when it detects sleepiness, then maybe you can get my $30.

    I'm sorry, but telling me what my infant is saying does me no good if I still have to actually parent or something.

    Side note: #RosaRocks #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting
    This app demeans us both #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    11/06/09

    In reply to iPhone App Interprets Babies' Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting

    Is this the guy who made the app? #crytranslatoriphoneapp
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    Image of Brenton Poke Brenton Poke
    07/02/09

    In reply to Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
    This is great and all, but they might not need this if they hadn't kicked out some of their real translators for being gay...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/02/09

    @Brenton Poke: That's a stretch, but good for you for working that into this discussion where it didn't belong. Why do I say that? Because I highly doubt the less than 60 translators who were let go were handling the day to day real time translation of the boots on the ground.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    In reply to Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
    Isn't this what they have in Star Trek to explain why the crew can talk to aliens?
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    07/01/09

    In reply to Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
    Since I don't speak Arabic, I'm going to have to just trust that it's accurate.


    I think this would be a godsend for so many travelers. And it would be good for learning languages too. From what I understand the system they use in Iraq is really good, and I can't wait to see what they make for a consumer application. It will probably cost $399 though...

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/01/09

    In reply to Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
    Well, from what I have gathered from watching the documentary "Team America:World Police", Arabic only consists of the words Durkha, Jihad, and Muhammad, spoken in different combinations.
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    Image of Guymann Guymann
    07/01/09

    In reply to Remarkable Speech-to-Speech Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry
    I wonder if I can use this to talk to women...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    @Guymann: That would be an incredibly simple program to write. You only need two phrases - "You're right" and "No, you don't look fat".
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    07/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: You haven't learned, "Yes dear" yet. You will.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/29/08

    In reply to Softbank's Speeek iPhone App Translates Spoken Japanese to English On the Fly
    I think I'll wait for the upgraded Speeek & Spelll
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    Image of Dirkfart Faeclefunk Dirkfart Faeclefunk
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    Yea i'm a welsh speaker and that is pretty lol, but not a massive suprise. See a few dodgy translations around the place but never quite that bad :D


    Speaking of ftw phism, ... oldest language in Europe still in regular usage... FTW!!!


    'Am yr enyll i bod yn gwyr'

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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/01/08

    @Dirkfart Faeclefunk: Mmm... I think Basque beats out Welsh in the age department, but you've still got pride of place in the UK :)
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    Image of alexmg2420 alexmg2420
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    That truly couldn't be any funnier unless he had his contact information in his signature.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/01/08

    @alexmg2420:
    No, it could have. He could have written them a short, irate note (with liberal use of colorful language) to let them know how annoying he thought it was that they'd contacted him in the first place. Or he could have mixed up his e-mails and sent an erotic message that was meant for that Welsh girl in marketing. Or he could have written some really odd message as a practical joke. Now, if he'd included his contact info, they either would have (correctly) assumed it was not intended to be part of the message they thought they were getting, or they would have been tipped off to the whole message. You would have to be a lobotomized turnip to think that, when translated into Welsh, any part of that message would suddenly turn into a phone number or e-mail address.
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    11/01/08

    @Purple Dave:


    What makes you think that the burocrat was not a lobotomized turnip? Handicaped turnips are winning elections these days.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/02/08

    @Franknbeans:
    I'm guessing that, at some point, someone involved in the project would have picked up on the inclusion of a recognizable phone number, mailing address, or e-mail address, while the English version included none.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    Thats almost as good as the "Spicy Been Curd" kanji tattoo.
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