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« Reply #50 on: November 17, 2009, 01:26:47 AM »
Quote from: sbane on November 17, 2009, 12:49:07 AM
Quote from: Lunar on November 16, 2009, 07:27:03 PM
tānā kabhī kabhī kā patā lagānē kē li'ē kaṭhina hai

Dude is this supposed to be hindi?

Google translate baby.  It certainly wasn't Bahasa Indonesia
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« Reply #51 on: November 17, 2009, 01:34:56 AM »
That looks Hawaiian.
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« Reply #52 on: November 17, 2009, 01:40:57 AM »
It offered to romanize it.  Is Google translate really bad with Hindi?  I presume it is.  I know it's not as good as other services for the three languages I know enough about grammar about...with Dutch and German it just isn't very good with modal verbs compared to babelfish

I remember as a kid I would translate things with babelfish to Korean and back to English and repeat, I would say something about syrup on pancakes and it would be talking about surface-to-air missiles in 4-5 translates.
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« Reply #53 on: November 17, 2009, 01:43:20 AM »
Quote from: Lunar on November 17, 2009, 01:40:57 AM
It offered to romanize it.  Is Google translate really bad with Hindi?  I presume it is.  I know it's not as good as other services for the three languages I know enough about grammar about...with Dutch and German it just isn't very good with modal verbs compared to babelfish

It probably doesn't translate well into our alphabet system. What were you trying to say?
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« Reply #54 on: November 17, 2009, 01:45:10 AM »
Yeah, Romanizations of Bengali are super weird.

That looks like Hindi, though, at least as far as I know Hindi (movie titles).
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« Reply #55 on: November 17, 2009, 01:51:39 AM »
Quote from: sbane on November 17, 2009, 01:43:20 AM
Quote from: Lunar on November 17, 2009, 01:40:57 AM
It offered to romanize it.  Is Google translate really bad with Hindi?  I presume it is.  I know it's not as good as other services for the three languages I know enough about grammar about...with Dutch and German it just isn't very good with modal verbs compared to babelfish

It probably doesn't translate well into our alphabet system. What were you trying to say?

"sarcasm is hard to detect" I think was my attempted Hindi translation, as for some reason you felt the need to dedicating 3+ posts to proving to me that 3-2=1 :_)
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« Reply #56 on: November 17, 2009, 01:54:13 AM »
Quote from: Хahar on November 17, 2009, 01:45:10 AM

That looks like Hindi, though, at least as far as I know Hindi (movie titles).

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham? LOL
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« Reply #57 on: November 17, 2009, 01:58:05 AM »
Quote from: Lunar on November 17, 2009, 01:51:39 AM
Quote from: sbane on November 17, 2009, 01:43:20 AM
Quote from: Lunar on November 17, 2009, 01:40:57 AM
It offered to romanize it.  Is Google translate really bad with Hindi?  I presume it is.  I know it's not as good as other services for the three languages I know enough about grammar about...with Dutch and German it just isn't very good with modal verbs compared to babelfish

It probably doesn't translate well into our alphabet system. What were you trying to say?

"sarcasm is hard to detect" I think was my attempted Hindi translation, as for some reason you felt the need to dedicating 3+ posts to proving to me that 3-2=1 :_)

So I guess "tana" means sarcasm in Hindi. My vocabulary for Hindi is basically stuck at a 4th grade level.
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« Reply #58 on: November 17, 2009, 06:53:26 AM »
I often think in English as well as Swedish. Only ever dream in Swedish however.
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