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Google Translate says "Lorem Ipsum Dolor" is "Hello World"

25 points by antimatter15 16y ago

antimatter15 16y ago
I guess developers use "Lorem Ipsum" along with "Hello World!" so much that it breaks Translate's statistical translation engine. Wikipedia says the english translation of the first sentence is "Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure."
- zachallaun 16y ago
  I can only suppose that you are correct about Google Translate. Wikipedia's translation is strange, however, as "lorem" is not a word in latin. The "Lorem ipsum" text is derived from a work of Cicero written in 45BC, in which the following is present: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit... As seen here, the placeholder text is wrought with strange omissions from the original.
  - SeanLuke 16y ago
    Translated by Google as... > Nor again is there anyone who loves pain itself, because it is pain, the system, so blinded by desire. Hello World!
castis 16y ago
Well "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit." translates into. "Hello world! Is here to cancel meals."
- castis 16y ago
  Really? Downvotes for that? That's actually what it says!
defrex 16y ago
An easter egg, it seems.
muffinman2010 16y ago
"`Lorem ipsum dolor' is the first part of a nonsense paragraph sometimes used to demonstrate a font. It has been well established that if you write anything as a sample, people will spend more time reading the copy than looking at the font. The ``gibberish'' below is sufficiently like ordinary text to demonstrate a font but doesn't distract the reader. Hopefully. " - just in case someone is wondering. source: http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_36.htm http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_36.htm
Umalu 16y ago
Google correctly translates "Hello world" from English to Latin as "salve mundi". The Latin-English part is clearly an Easter egg. Nice.
- alanh 16y ago
  Don’t be so sure it’s an easter egg. After all, as other commenters note, the phrase is used as placeholder text (perhaps like, or alongside, “Hello World”.) I would like to see confirmation one way or the other from Google.

25 points by antimatter15 16y ago

I guess developers use "Lorem Ipsum" along with "Hello World!" so much that it breaks Translate's statistical translation engine. Wikipedia says the english translation of the first sentence is "Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure."

zachallaun 16y ago
I can only suppose that you are correct about Google Translate. Wikipedia's translation is strange, however, as "lorem" is not a word in latin. The "Lorem ipsum" text is derived from a work of Cicero written in 45BC, in which the following is present: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit... As seen here, the placeholder text is wrought with strange omissions from the original.
- SeanLuke 16y ago
  Translated by Google as... > Nor again is there anyone who loves pain itself, because it is pain, the system, so blinded by desire. Hello World!

castis 16y ago

Well "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit." translates into. "Hello world! Is here to cancel meals."

castis 16y ago
Really? Downvotes for that? That's actually what it says!

defrex 16y ago

An easter egg, it seems.

muffinman2010 16y ago

"`Lorem ipsum dolor' is the first part of a nonsense paragraph sometimes used to demonstrate a font. It has been well established that if you write anything as a sample, people will spend more time reading the copy than looking at the font. The ``gibberish'' below is sufficiently like ordinary text to demonstrate a font but doesn't distract the reader. Hopefully. " - just in case someone is wondering. source: http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_36.htm http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_36.htm

Umalu 16y ago

Google correctly translates "Hello world" from English to Latin as "salve mundi". The Latin-English part is clearly an Easter egg. Nice.

alanh 16y ago
Don’t be so sure it’s an easter egg. After all, as other commenters note, the phrase is used as placeholder text (perhaps like, or alongside, “Hello World”.) I would like to see confirmation one way or the other from Google.