Translating Lorem Ipsum - Democratic Underground

Pab Sungenis

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Tue May-24-11 07:23 PM
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Translating Lorem Ipsum

I'm at work on a website for my new novel. I generated a page of Lorem Ipsum to test it (the curious can peek at http://gotohellnovel.com/lorem.php - the links don't work yet) and when I surfed to it, Chrome asked if I wanted to translate the page.

For the hell of it, I said "yes."

This is what it spit out:

Hello world! Is here to cancel meals. There is no DUI the Moors, of the leaven in the valley but, with child of the disgrace. That of human happiness that before the jaws of life to set free as easy. Many factors can and before the various. Tomorrow Nisl pain, consectetur that in the Consequat, venomous, and the Moor. Maecenas of human happiness than, and / or unless Consequat. Some the entrance the carriages before the need of more. But CUSHIONED COUCH sollicitudin Varius. Enhanced to please a bunch of orcs just any man Lobortis Sample arrows. Community nibh no entrance you, and / or crime Most Read EU. Maecenas mattis now or adorn the porch. With my comrades and the household gods and the great gods of the mountains of parturient, a ridiculous mouse shall be born. There is no torturer to the just, love is always a members of the system, was at the Customer. We at Community no. Consequently, her need of avenging of Nisus. Nullam but the just of Shem. Until wishes to Options, and / or Sample masters.

It went on for 39 more paragraphs, but the first was the most entertaining. Especially about the CUSHIONED COUCH.

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nolabear

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Tue May-24-11 07:31 PM
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1. "...a ridiculous mouse shall be born."

I sense the potential for a cult.

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rug

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Tue May-24-11 07:31 PM
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2. I never understood Cicero to begin with.

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struggle4progress

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Tue May-24-11 07:52 PM
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4. The vandals sacked Rome cuz they got sick of listening to suchc blather

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dimbear

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Tue May-24-11 07:52 PM
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5. I think he was Porky's cousin. Didn't ever say much. n/t

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Tue May-24-11 07:51 PM
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3. there is a good sigline in there

Edited on Tue May-24-11 07:52 PM by Tuesday Afternoon

somewhere.

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nolabear

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Tue May-24-11 08:11 PM
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6. Just what sort of enhancement pleases orcs, anyway?

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Tyrs WolfDaemon

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Tue May-24-11 08:37 PM
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8. They enjoy giant limbs...

on their bows.

Did you think I meant big legs on their women? They might, I never asked any if that is what they liked.

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Shagbark Hickory

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Tue May-24-11 08:31 PM
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7. Fascinating.

Truly fascinating.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Tue May-24-11 10:27 PM
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9. Long ago, I heard from someone who knows Latin well

that the passage is just a string of words.

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Pab Sungenis

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Tue May-24-11 11:08 PM
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10. That's exactly what it is.

It's Latinate gibberish, to provide random text that has similar characteristics to English words so that designers and typographers can see how text will look on a page without getting distracted by the content of the words itself. When you're testing a layout, you don't want to wind up reading instead of looking for flaws.

And no two selections of Lorem Ipsum, if generated by a computer, should ever be the same except for the first few words as if to signal that it's placeholder text.

I just found it funny that Chrome tried to translate it (it admitted it was an "unknown language") and with the results.

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dimbear

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Wed May-25-11 03:31 AM
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13. Like Karloff's Black Mass in 'The Black Cat,' Latin gibberish.n/t

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Duer 157099

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Wed May-25-11 01:01 AM
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11. I think there's a typo. It says "Most Read EU" but I"m sure it meant "DU"

and besides, nowhere do I see anything about being due beer and travel money.

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bluesbassman

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Wed May-25-11 01:42 AM
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12. I've been to the Mountains of Parturient,

and I never saw one goddam ridiculous mouse the entire time I was there. :P

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