Monday, May 12, 2008

Finished tango, that one occurs the form, but the method, where the form occurs

No, I have not had a stroke. The title is the result of a quote that was "babelized". Be forewarned, this site is TERRIBLY ADDICTIVE. Visit at your own peril...

The original text is this quote from E. Santos Discepolo, lifted off of Alex's blog:
"Tango is not about what is done, but how it is done".
One has to wonder what the original, original quote actually said :-)

Original English Text:
Tango is not about what is done, but how it is done

Translated to French:
Tango n'est pas au sujet de ce qui est fait, mais de la façon dont il est fait

Translated back to English:
Tango is not about what is made, but way in which it is made

Translated to German:
Tango ist nicht über, was gebildet wird, aber Methode, in der sie gebildet wird

Translated back to English:
Tango is not over, which is formed, but method, in which she is formed

Translated to Italian:
Tango finito, che è formato, ma metodo, in cui è formata

Translated back to English:
Ended Tango, that it is formed, but method, in which it is formed

Translated to Portuguese:
Tango terminado, aquele é dado forma, mas o método, em que é dado forma

Translated back to English:
Finished Tango, that one is given form, but the method, where form is given

Translated to Spanish:
Tango acabado, aquél se da la forma, pero el método, donde se da la forma

Translated back to English:
Finished tango, that one occurs the form, but the method, where the form occurs

7 comments:

La Nuit Blanche said...

this is, quite possibly, the funniest post i have ever read!

johanna! gimme a hankie, i am crying from laughter... :-D

Johanna said...

I know what you mean Nuit! I spent too much time over there translating all sorts of things and snorting out loud with hilarity.

tangocherie said...

This is funnier that the game of Telephone! No wonder there's so much misinformation in the world!

Johanna said...

Cherie, I think this is how they translate those instruction manuals...

tangobaby said...

lffluJohanna, that is too f**king brilliant. I am always wondering what you could possibly come up with next!

tangobaby said...

Please ignore the lfflu part...that was where Blogger made me type in the secret code to prove that I am not a cyborg, and true to human nature, I f**ked it up.

Yay! Now I get to type in another password!

Johanna said...

TB, I'll take brilliant anyway I can get it. Thank you.