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The coolest thing here is the Emoji to English translation, IMO, which builds grammatically-correct sentences from an unlimited number of emojis. Translating en
by drusepth 5y ago
The coolest thing here is the Emoji to English translation, IMO, which builds grammatically-correct sentences from an unlimited number of emojis. Translating english -> emoji -> english makes for some interesting mistranslations.
It's good enough that I'm wondering whether they're drawing off recent english->emoji translations to reverse emojis back to the source material.
Example of Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart:
English:
>True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
(Emoji doesn't display properly on HN or I'd quote it here, but it's encoded into the URL here [1])
Translating the emoji back to english:
>True! — nervous — very , very afraid of a sudden I have; but why will you say that I'm grumpy? crisis has made my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them . Above all the sense of ear acupuncture . I heard all things in heaven and earth . I heard many things in heck . The question , then , I'm grumpy? please! and understand how to consume — how calmly I can tell you the whole story .
[1] https://translate.yandex.com/?lang=emj-en&text=%E2%9D%8C%20%20%E2%9D%97%20%E2%80%94%20%F0%9F%98%93%20%E2%80%94%20%F0%9F%93%B6%20%2C%20%F0%9F%93%B6%20%20%F0%9F%98%A8%20%20%F0%9F%98%93%20%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%E2%9C%94%EF%B8%8F%3B%20%E2%9C%8B%20%EF%B8%8F%20%F0%9F%A4%A6%20%20%F0%9F%94%9C%20%20%F0%9F%91%86%20%20%F0%9F%92%AC%20%20%F0%9F%91%88%20%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%F0%9F%98%BE%20%20%E2%9D%93%20%20%E2%98%A3%20%20%E2%9C%94%EF%B8%8F%20%20%E2%9A%92%20%20%F0%9F%91%87%20%20%F0%9F%A4%94%20%E2%80%94%20%F0%9F%9A%AB%20%20%F0%9F%92%A5%20%E2%80%94%20%F0%9F%9A%AB%20%20%F0%9F%92%80%20%20%F0%9F%91%AB%20.%20%F0%9F%94%9D%20%20%F0%9F%8C%90%20%20%F0%9F%A4%94%20%20%F0%9F%91%82%20%20%F0%9F%A4%A2%20.%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%F0%9F%91%82%20%20%F0%9F%8C%90%20%20%F0%9F%91%82%20%20%F0%9F%91%BC%20%26%20%F0%9F%8C%8D%20.%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%F0%9F%91%82%20%20%F0%9F%93%9A%20%20%F0%9F%91%82%20%20%F0%9F%94%A5%20%F0%9F%98%88%20.%20%E2%9D%94%20%2C%20%E2%A4%B4%20%2C%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%F0%9F%98%BE%20%20%E2%9D%93%20%20%F0%9F%99%8F%20%20%E2%9D%97%20%26%20%F0%9F%A4%94%20%20%E2%9D%94%20%20%F0%9F%8D%B4%20%E2%80%94%20%E2%9D%94%20%20%F0%9F%94%87%20%20%F0%9F%91%A4%20%20%F0%9F%92%AA%20%20%F0%9F%92%AC%20%20%F0%9F%91%86%20%20%F0%9F%8E%82%20%20%F0%9F%93%96%20 https://translate.yandex.com/?lang=emj-en&text=%E2%9D%8C%20%....
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- fbarred 5y agoThis is amazing. I think it is trained on well-known works. Opening of the Raven, translated to English->Emoji->English: Once upon a night of despair, while I was thinking, weak and weary, Over the many compelling and curious volume of forgotten tales — While I nodded, nearly asleep, suddenly there came a tap, Only a weak resume, write my chamber door. "'Tis the information," I muttered, " tapping my chamber door — Only this and nothing more .”