Playing around with Babelfish

[chickenfeet]

Babelfish has just added "Old Labour" and "New Labour" to its list of supported languages. I couldn't resist giving it a go. I was quite impressed. Traditionalist that I am, I typed in:

To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange.

and quick as a flash it came back with:

To secure for the spivs and lawyers, by hook or by crook, the full fruits of industry and the most inequitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of self interested government, family trusts and tax evasion,

Comments

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! And I thought Babelfish was a useless, brainless machine for Sense In Garbage Out!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

thought Babelfish was a useless, brainless machine for Sense In Garbage Out!

I think you are confusing it with the Prime Minister's Press Secretary.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

You mean Babelfish is not the Prime Mininister's Press Secretary?

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Now that is funny.

[pigsnout000.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they intend on releasing a George Bush translator too. LOL

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Clearly, they've got the Jowell connection right.