<![CDATA[Gizmodo: translations]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: translations]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/translations http://gizmodo.com/tag/translations <![CDATA[Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans]]> What happens when you ask a guy to translate something for you into a language you don't understand? This. The top part of the sign is in English, but when they emailed someone to translate that English into Welsh, the response actually said "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated." That's right, it's an out of office message, which subsequently made it onto the road sign undetected. We hope those residents are getting used to Welsh truck drivers carrying heavy goods. [BBC - Thanks Christopher!]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5073534&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Talking Popcorn Machine Translates Pops Into Words]]> "Pop this, biznatch." is what I have always wanted my popcorn to say to me. This popcorn maker has a microphone inside the cabinet. The microphone will record the sounds from the popping corn and then translates the pops into words via morse code. Then a computer-program will read the words to you. The designer actually devised a way to determine whether a pop is a long or short morse code with a timing system. Pretty ingenious, really. Now, figure out a way to get the popcorn to pop obscenities and we will be all set. –Travis Hudson

Do you speak popcornese? [WMMNA]

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