No Wonder We Can't Understand Each Other

I was reading another blog where they had used Babelfish.com to translate a previous post into Spanish, then back to English. It was rather funny. So I thought I'd try the same thing and see what I could come up with. I translated a statement into various languages, then back to English. Here are my results:

Original text in English: My cat thinks I am weird; the feeling is mutual, I assure you.

Chinese: My cat thought I am strange; The feeling is mutual, I guarantee you.

Dutch: My cat thinks I bizar is; the feeling is reciprocal, insures I you. The Dutch word bizar did not translate back to English, but I think it's pretty obvious.

French: My cat thinks that I am strange; the feeling is mutual, I ensure you. This is the most normal of the bunch. See, the French can do some things right.

German: My cat thinks that I am strange; the feeling is, I insures you mutually.

Greek: My ga'ta thinks that I am strange the sentiment he is reciprocal, to you I certify.

Japanese: My cat thinks of that I am incomprehensible; Mutual, me you guarantee feeling, is. Sounds kinda like Yoda, if you ask me.

Korean: It goes out and the thing which is weird my cat thinks; The sense believes firmly the trade name, or. Huh??????????

Portuguese: My cat thinks that I am I find odd; the feeling is mutual, me assures it. I like this one.

Russian: My tomcat thinks 4 weird; feeling is mutual, 4 convince you. Now how did they know we have a male cat? Is that old KGB still out there?

Spanish: My cat thinks that I am strange; the sensation is mutual, I assures to him.

And here's my personal favorite -

Italian: My cat thinks that it is bizzarro; the sensibility is mutual, I assures them. I just like the word bizzarro. Heck, I've even used it in a sentence or two.

I think this clearly demonstrates how easily things get lost in translation.

By the way, any resemblance of the above statement to me and my cat is purely coincidental.