What language does Google Translate think your conlang is?

Chelsara · Post by **Chelsara** » 27 Aug 2010 01:18

This is a fun experiment you can do with your conlangs. Go to Google Translate, set the "Translate From" language to "Detect Language," then paste in a sample sentence into the box.

I pasted in "Us cansé-elas ya majeliţar hai estenilus," which means "They think I made a good conlang" in CUE. Google says it's Swahili.

I pasted in "Taher eer u’benan colisablon fabren cres," which means the same thing as my first example, but in J'Linguonar Avan. Google says it's Dutch.

What about yours? :-P

Arzemju · Post by **Arzemju** » 27 Aug 2010 02:11

Be'agân'i Pƕanse, ug poguweân'i Eŋgelse.
I am french, but I speak english.

Google says it's english xD
Weird, since english don't have â nor ƕair nor eŋ

Post by **Ossicone** » 27 Aug 2010 02:18

I think I broke it. As I was typing I got Icelandic, Quechua, Basque, Frisian and Slovenian.

latxalnaitsuntaratxi ipijaalak nahutilus ir nima tabulmurinablu inyauknak ax. txinapirinaamirtaldagili. txima tsamirabmixanuhaar nyukifan.

Latxal, goddess of destruction, came down to live among the people. I am a short burnette. I will read that book soon.

Arzemju · Post by **Arzemju** » 27 Aug 2010 02:21

Ossicone wrote:I think I broke it. As I was typing I got Icelandic, Quechua, Basque, Frisian and Slovenian.

latxalnaitsuntaratxi ipijaalak nahutilus ir nima tabulmurinablu inyauknak ax. txinapirinaamirtaldagili. txima tsamirabmixanuhaar nyukifan.

Latxal, goddess of destruction, came down to live among the people. I am a short burnette. I will read that book soon.

Wow, this does (do I have to precise it's irony?) really look slovenian :D

Did you try hearing it ? It's funny because they say it english-way.

Post by **Ossicone** » 27 Aug 2010 02:30

Arzemju wrote:
Ossicone wrote:I think I broke it. As I was typing I got Icelandic, Quechua, Basque, Frisian and Slovenian.
latxalnaitsuntaratxi ipijaalak nahutilus ir nima tabulmurinablu inyauknak ax. txinapirinaamirtaldagili. txima tsamirabmixanuhaar nyukifan.
Latxal, goddess of destruction, came down to live among the people. I am a short burnette. I will read that book soon.
Wow, this does (do I have to precise it's irony?) really look slovenian :D
Did you try hearing it ? It's funny because they say it english-way.

Yeah, I have no idea why Slovenian came up. I can see Basque cause that's where I got 'tx' from.

And lol, the pronunciation is so shit.

Hālian · Post by **Hālian** » 27 Aug 2010 03:48

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Khemehekis · Post by **Khemehekis** » 27 Aug 2010 03:57

I pasted in this sample:

Argas meyez payoas hous Kankonia shil dephudan daz ghoida na wan os hamias eis atzwanes. Am yetz wir anas pomires az sampas we adidem housizas hous houmans o kamas, mui wir anas au myu koshetzes az a*utzkias shampas oor hias na ghoida er ever poilanges.

Kankonikes gapashen vavisio na kamandra na mem hom ezgrines khemehekis-mui-devesis az pimanten ab 925 ad 1277. Ham as eosa, wir anas nos pomires mead semark id braim na virtlas ehem 12:00 o az shunaskas az o geshas shil gared av o e*ass kumes aus. Am remi hales meyez adidem az pensad, o akran mombai tzaimini, o ashit ventas na famoi kelmatz o au gilas wumirsh na wan, o bogang id famoi, o . . . as kasht. I wahazas matamata, am is naloshas az ar edeskas mam. Weos az oor is ovayas ayaspas, av wir katas wan navab ad *egeses oor ham, wir shadukas fas az hous remi halite wahazas adidem. Sawai eshampass shampa storm hel dui id ekretzkas: Wintar zash kahupha ewesi na Musefas oyezas az kam pes inam az famoi ukmayas shil dekhev, dumas utshi na wan lesas katiz ukh ye; kam pes bamam, dumas mongi na wan lesas katiz ukh ye; kam pes emam, kimor utshi na wan; mui pes holam, kimor mongi na wan. Ham os adshatizas supung shil daraswoz isim, amnos afaspaz dyu Donzar na Sogmordas, azid arksasos rish, am meyez baraundas ovonsan mead dartz shayam argas. Au mevzafas, na az os argas er Kankonia et er fa huzhas aas, rezhelas bromin ad mevzafish daz mem kardass az o os kuless an Leho ad e esanan, melse mem inen mevzafas daz homoses ad mem hoen.

Wir anas hios er Kankonia helesit Donzar na Sogmordas, az mazinen Ratharikes mui Dantonikes kalukumbe. Ham as donzar halaumetis na meyez ad parmagoshiizas ad buesh id weos Kankonik mui adyatwahar id hothas na mem ad wan. Mem muragiriizen kam 1331 dyu Asie Klabad Khard. Donzar na Sogmordas os as tzelekh ad ghoida Kankonik, tataya donam na wan o gehendas na donam. Mem shok we duiizen ad arzint id Kankonia mead organes dyu meyez na ever huzhas, mui ad deswitz id novas dyu Kankonikes id makar o ashit mai huzhus na mem. Goka* mem as koshetz bluduo, mem anas argas mamules. Yakh famoi tethess o hesekhas khehek meya, o novoss ekelang khab, mamul tharo na Donzar na Sogmordas likas hedusk mui mazin wan. Supung mem as bavrod hel dazins na mem ad mazin aruios. Afaspaz mem mazinos dekhevas, am os yakh meay dekhevas ab kom azad hweles na wan as lem trils. Mem as laimi hel bezistes, psezenes mui sukinapes, zash podekes na hoishand, mos torsharas 14 drertas na amur kaluk inya donzaris. Yakh mem yeizas mazin famoi az hauess houmans o mehimas hames podekes, mem mehimos lis podekes oor kaksithes na khosh azad oul myu meyez hauess houmans o hamias mem. *ehib na mem as "Drebeket rimavaik, ad adaz as maik".

Mayat koshetz az os as tzelekh ad donam as Koshetz na Apar Nahuzhus, o KAN. KAN muragiriizen dyu Hoko Kahali Geri kam 1468. Mem seress panaluks yemalarani hel hatz hous vai muhelsi Kankonikes semesh. Panaluks na mem benzinas hatz hous temphebas mui esit shtol mui herethes mui shumbroyes mui shakti mui bayet na woving mui shengmas na zazhidi mui yaramoshi (Kankonik, Tentik, Shaleyik, Hitik, Bodusik, Khatonik, muyas) mui komnashiro mui daspaks sevisk mui bezinas mui udravishes ka*azos mui umezakses na teret mui harashes sleb hel Donzar na Sogmordas mui *onges azid mem arditzen. KAN wahazas rehin ser ghoshi we houmil famoi as, mui wahazas tethes alpaspensades mui dartzes muyas az famoi takizen am Donzar na Sogmordas os hauess houmil mem lesas organ.

Mui derikh, wir anas Baka na Antwan Kankonik, o BAK. Ham muragiriizen kam 1797 dyu Waed Pi*oso Gwendi. Wan yeringen azvir na bailing na BAK shil "Dzhyoil id vepedoles mui shiates na varis mui shiates na ventas az duias komvalass nahuzhus na Kankonia". BAK anas 1,400,000 tamines, az mazinos ad temin gwanas mui gwanas na neshi. Az tamines na BAK baitzitas fegas ad noash az mem katakizos hauesiz. Mem hilmiss gesh sod kadashes ad noash az mem zentenzizos, mui kakeziyos karmanses az mehimizas ad katak id fegas mui *es id neshi. BAK afaspaz hilmiss helfomsiya Donzar na Sogmordas, az hilmiss kan o zikheth kmobakes az novoss katak varis er komspeshes sarz argas varis mui ventas laizifrak ailiss. Kam oiras spel mem asarizenas hel temin id zhahegwiv.

Yakh famoi ashit golakez e khab, Donzar na Sogmordas wahazas shayam khetz we wovingiz pai ye yakh khabis haues bayet na zazhidi ad forsi ad mamul tharo, hel mui borunez Kankonik dreish mui treth kezelis mui hidutzath mamasi na ashpi mem wahazas bromin gedir pai ye mos broga nodoi ashiten safga golakez. Grasi mem as pamba az meya yetz fazas adaz khabis oyezen wan fazen, mem wahazas drebek tzagires mui podekes na mem. Wir ayen az ham tzenethen er *uthismai zash Spanitz kalukumbe, mui Donzar na Sogmordas kangen broga lidye wan adidemen trenki ad halis azid wan ashiten -- hales 4305 pokhales na wan. Khabis en ser zardari ad ham spird meghoida. Ar fuiras haues houmiel tzenethos yakh famoi novoss tzoi e khab ehem wan amias. Wir ien *in az Donzar na Sogmordas nasuos pai ye mui vapriros gue*es na meya hes khab kam baphash rimi we az khabis wahazos skedam khab. Starmis az mem ien faz ham as az ham ien noash az meya az blatzen e khab dartzos o ashitos o abamos golakez.

Kankonia as kom sehopi -- is os osatzos ham. Am hales ham sehopios shpaudafas av famoi spladikas os suget ekretzkas avan na wir. Ekretzkas as re siplui de hames er argas ever huzhas mui poilanges, oor Danton mui Kebsabaz, mui nodoi aas.

and I got Galician.

I saw a lot of "very"s in the translation . . . apparently it thought "mui" (the Kankonian word for "and") was the Galician word for "very".

Post by **Ossicone** » 27 Aug 2010 05:10

What is that text sample? A translation or story?

Khemehekis · Post by **Khemehekis** » 27 Aug 2010 08:52

That was something I posted on the CBB. The translation:

A lot of people think of Kankonia as an anarchy because its government does not make any laws. But we do have generally agreed-upon rules of how to behave, and we even have a few associations that fill roles similar to government entities in other nations.

Kankonians have eliminated their code of kamandra through the khemehekis/devesis wars that lasted from 925 to 1277. It is true, we have no rules against tending to a vegetable garden after 12:00 or requiring you to stand upright when entering a room anymore. But most people agree that is it wrong to murder, or to take personal property, or to destroy someone else's pets or even his/her beloved objects, or to assault someone, or . . . I could go on, but I take it that you get the idea. The way I see it, when we cut it down to the basics like this, we get something that almost everyone can agree on. Religion plays a major part in forming values: the Wintar, the holy book of Musefism, says that the first time someone is caught shoplifting, his/her left thumb shall be cut off; the second time, his/her right thumb shall be cut off; the third time, his/her left index finger; and the fourth time, his/her right index finger. This is not often applied in practice today, except sometimes by the Vigilante Squad, which I will get to soon, but people take the proscription against stealing very seriously. Even atheists, of whom there are not as many on Kankonia as on some planets, usually arrive at atheism because they think one does not need God to be ethical, unless they became atheists because their parents were.

We have an entity on Kankonia called the Vigilante Squad, which has fought the Ratharians and the Dantonese before. This is an all-volunteer squad of people who are devoted to keeping the Kankonian way and putting their lives at risk for it. They were founded in 1331 by Asie Boron Khard. The Vigilante Squad is not affiliated with the Kankonian government, i.e. our president or the president's advisors. They were originally formed to protect Kankonia against attacks from people of other planets, and to foil attempts by Kankonians to overthrow or destroy their own planet. Although they are a global organization, they have many chapters. If someone kills or threatens another person, or tries to rob a store, the Vigilante Squad's local chapter may step in and fight him/her. They are often brutal in their quest to fight for justice. They will sometimes fight shoplifters, but not if the person is shoplifting from a place whose prices are too high. They are skilled in bezists, psezens and sukinaps, the weapons of the hoishand, enduring 14 months of training before becoming a squadder. Should they be fighting somebody who knows how to use these weapons, they will use such weapons as table bombs that only a few people know how to make. Their motto is "Drebeket rimavaik, ad adaz as maik" (Get out the arsenal, for what is right).

Another organization not affiliated with the president is the Planetary Investigation Association (Koshetz na Apar Nahuzhus, or KAN). The KAN was founded by Hoko Platinum Gary in 1468. They maintain a computerized database with information on over a billion living Kankonians. Their database includes information on birthdate, full name, aliases, fingerprints, residence, phone number, cellphone bills, race (Kankonian, Tentan, Shaleyan, Hitan, Bodusian, Chatonian, etc.) and place of birth, physical appearance, hobbies, political views, family relations, past brushes with the Vigilante Squad and papers they have written. The KAN is able to find out quite quickly who someone is, and can solve homicides, thefts, etc. when someone's been wronged but the Vigilante Squad doesn't know whom to attack.

And finally, we have the Kankonian Conservation Corps (Baka na Antwan Kankonik, or BAK). This was founded in 1797 by Waed Sodium Gwendi. She declared its mission statement as "To preserve the ecosystems, plant species and animal species that form Kankonia's planetary heritage". The BAK has 1,400,000 members, who will fight to save gwanars and gwanars of land. Members of the BAK are known to climb trees to prevent them from being cut down. They will stand atop buildings to prevent them from being razed, and will take over the machines that are being used to chop trees and develop land. The BAK will sometimes team up with the Vigilante Squad, who will beat up or shoot loggers who are trying to cut down plants in areas where lots of endangered plants and animals live. In recent years they have been involved in saving the crystal waterdrill.

In somebody was destroying merchandise in a store, the Vigilante Squad could very easily be called in if the shopkeeper knew the cellphone number for the leader of the local chapter, and with modern Kankonian technology of automated driving and arcane knowledge of teleportation they would usually be able to make it in while the patron was still in the process of destroying the merchandise. Once they are sure the person is indeed doing what the shopkeeper said s/he was doing, they can get out their fists and weapons. We have had this happen in my hometown of Spanitz before, and the Vigilante Squad beat the patron until he agreed to pay for everything he destroyed -- all 4,305 pokhals of it. The shopkeeper was quite grateful to this non-government force. You want to know what will happen if someone tries to sit in the shop after it closes. We would get the Vigilante Squad to come in and wrest the person's arms out of the store long enough for the shopkeeper to lock the shop up. The reason they would do this is that it would prevent the person staying in the store from stealing, destroying or eating the merchandise.

Kankonia is a friendly place, I will not deny that. But all that friendliness goes out the window when someone decides not to abide by our common values. The values are more permissive than those on/in many other planets and countries, such as Danton and Kebsabhaz, but they still exist.

Maximillian · Post by **Maximillian** » 27 Aug 2010 09:03

Based on Lord's Prayer it says Norwegian. Probably because of som, men, and kú (Norwegian ku means "cow"). But based on this it detected Galician.

rickardspaghetti · Post by **rickardspaghetti** » 27 Aug 2010 09:06

I'd've expected Finnish.

Maximillian · Post by **Maximillian** » 27 Aug 2010 10:03

rickardspaghetti wrote:I'd've expected Finnish.

Yeah, me too. But it only looks for similar words, and doesn't care about other stuff. It detected Galician based on one word only: na was translated as "in".

SLiV · Post by **SLiV** » 27 Aug 2010 11:18

Mine was kinda obvious:

Spoiler:

It (and everybody else) thought it was Greek. Haha, it doesn't understand what the ᴧ's are doing there.

I tried a simplified romanisation:

Spoiler:

He thought it was either Mongolian (which they could not yet translate) or Danish (where the only translated word was "hede" > 'hot' (but actually 'or').

(It is the first paragraph of Pavsanio's Awesome Journey through the Lurionas, btw.)

LetoAtreides · Post by **LetoAtreides** » 27 Aug 2010 12:40

Nolikan is Swedish. It's ridiculous. Swedish doesn't use š and č.

Arzemju · Post by **Arzemju** » 27 Aug 2010 13:17

LetoAtreides wrote:Nolikan is Swedish. It's ridiculous. Swedish doesn't use š and č.

Maybe in loanwords?

Post by **roninbodhisattva** » 27 Aug 2010 14:19

Using jas cajt xea synnit hallun, it thinks it's Finnish. That's probably because of the synnit and hallun though.

Rik · Post by **Rik** » 27 Aug 2010 15:40

Gevey = Malay
Akat = Africaans
O Yis = Swahili

teh_Foxx0rz · Post by **teh_Foxx0rz** » 27 Aug 2010 19:56

roninbodhisattva wrote:Using jas cajt xea synnit hallun, it thinks it's Finnish. That's probably because of the synnit and hallun though.

That looks more like Latin if you ask me.

Thakowsaizmu · Post by **Thakowsaizmu** » 27 Aug 2010 23:02

I translated Hen ensi sinănŭ, sinăga kannenēno dalino hennŭ wări za. Adiknŭ, hatun garwi kala ya. Two unrelated sentences in my conlang Changshuo. Google thought it was maybe German or French, though couldn't match words to either.

As for what it says, it says: Paint a picture with the likeness of the person next to you. A caribu is bigger than a cat.

SLiV · Post by **SLiV** » 28 Aug 2010 00:10

teh_Foxx0rz wrote:
roninbodhisattva wrote:Using jas cajt xea synnit hallun, it thinks it's Finnish. That's probably because of the synnit and hallun though.
That looks more like Latin if you ask me.

What? Latin? Have you ever seen any Latin word?

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