I'm in, though I'd definitely need 48-hour phases.

Done. всичко за теб!

Yes it could be fun. Si dovrebbe essere interessante.

Why reshuffle if you get a country of which you already know the language?

I don't really see the point, your just translating it back to English in the long run. Its like an extra role-playing step that's not even practical role-playing. Since a country would have a translator translate the message to the preferred language before you sent it.

How I see this playing out is I have 20 minutes to get my orders in, I need to know if someone agreed to specific terms, and I'm trying to put a message in Google translate from my iPhone. Without my boss questioning why I'm texting during a meeting.

There are definitely things that can get lost in the back and forth translation. For example, I was trying to talk about work using Google Translate with a Russian co-worker this morning (which is what gave me the idea for the game) and when I translated things back to English after they said what I was saying was awkward or wrong, it came back differently than my original input.

But if you're in, you're in and if not, well maybe next time!

Thanks for the message and feedback.

@steephie because if you already know the language it's kind of like an unfair advantage because you may be able to fix inaccurate translations using your own brain.

So we have:
1) Mapu
2) Dr. Rec
3) Maucat
4)
5)
etc...

If it really turns out to be stupid and everyone agrees, it can be canceled. But I think it will be fun.

It might be fun to require multiple translations, to ensure that something gets lost. For example, instead of just translating to the language of your nation and sending it, translate it one more time to the language of the nation you're sending it to. Then they translate that to English. Or maybe make it progressively complicated by adding another layer of translation after each build phase -- by 1907, all messages run through seven translations. The communication would be complicated, but it wouldn't really take much more time to do since it's all copy-and-paste.

Just as you suggest using Irish for English, we'd have to account for Austria and Germany speaking the same language.

I was thinking about that. Like maybe everything goes through Icelandic first (the language they say is the hardest in the world to speak) and then into the destination language.

Or your idea is really good where you put it into your power's language but then translate it to the recipients' language so they always receive things in their own language.

Of course it's the honor system for people to actually do it.

Would we have Austria use, say, Serbian or Bulgarian? We can collectively look through the options and agree.

Thanks for brainstorming!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Parus_major_Luc_Viatour.jpg
The german name of the bird on that picture is "Kohlmeise". If the topic of conversation in this game by coincidence would get to this specific bird ... misinterpretations would be guaranteed :-D

Just imagine a conversation about the English Queens pets, and Germany would send the following message:
"Sie hat Kohlmeisen und einen wunderschönen Esel!" (She has some of those Kohlmeisen-birds and a beautiful donkey)
... interesting what google translate makes of this when trying to translate it into english ...

LOL too funny!

Can we count you in?

Sounds fun, but unfortunately I do not have time for another full press game right now. Next time maybe.

Or maybe use another translating software.
http://ackuna.com/badtranslator
uses Yandex:
https://translate.yandex.com/
and runs it through several iterations - here is something from earlier run through 43 languages...

From English: It might be fun to require multiple translations, to ensure that something gets lost. For example, instead of just translating to the language of your nation and sending it, translate it one more time to the language of the nation you're sending it

To Albanian: Ajo mund të jetë kënaqësi për të të kërkojnë përkthime të shumta, për të siguruar se diçka humbet. Për shembull, në vend të vetëm të përkthimit të gjuhës së kombit tuaj dhe duke e dërguar atë, të përkthyer një herë për gjuhën e kombit ju jeni duke e dërguar atë

Back to English: It can be fun to seek translations of numerous, to ensure that something is lost. For example, instead of just translating the language of your nation and sending it, translated once for the language of the nation you are sending it

To Arabic: يمكن أن يكون متعة السعي إلى ترجمة العديد للتأكد من أن شيئا ما قد ضاع. على سبيل المثال, بدلا من مجرد ترجمة اللغة الخاصة بك الأمة و إرساله ترجمتها مرة واحدة عن لغة الأمة الذي يتم إرساله

Back to English: Can be a fun quest to the translation to make sure that something is lost. For example, instead of just translating the language of your nation and send it translated once from the language of the nation you are sending it

To Armenian: Կարող է հետաքրքրաշարժ quest թարգմանության համար, որպեսզի համոզվեք, որ ինչ-որ բան է կորչում. Օրինակ, փոխանակ պարզապես թարգմանել լեզուն, Ձեր երկրի եւ ուղարկեք այն թարգմանվել է մեկ անգամ, որ լեզվի ազգի Դուք չունեք, նրա

Back to English: Maybe it is a fascinating quest for the translation to make sure that something is lost. For example, instead of simply translated into the language of Your country and send it once translated, the language of the nation You have not, it

To Belarusian: Можа быць, гэта займальны квэст для перакладу, каб пераканацца, што нешта губляецца. Напрыклад, замест таго, каб проста перавесці на мову Вашай краіны і адправіць яго адразу ў перакладзе, мова нацыі ў вас няма, гэта

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To Bosnian: Možda je fascinantno potrazi za prevod da se uverimo da nešto da je se izgubila. Na primjer, umjesto da prosto je prešlo u jezik za Svoju zemlju i pošalju odmah u prevodu, jezik nacije nisi,

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To Chinese: 或许是迷人的搜查同步，以确定是迷路了 例如，而不仅仅是翻译成该语言的国家，立即派遣的翻译，各语文的国家不，你不会

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To Catalan: O potser va ser una fascinant de cerca amb el pas de determinar està perdut, per exemple, i no només traduïts a la llengua del país, de manera immediata l'enviament de la traducció en la llengua del país que no

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To Bulgarian: Или, може би, това е завладяващ търсене със стъпка определянето се губи, например, и не само превод на езика на страната, незабавно чрез изпращане на превод на езика на страната, които не

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To Czech: Nebo, možná, že to bylo fascinující vyhledávání krok v definici je ztracena, například, by nejen překlady do jazyka země, okamžitě poslat překlad do jazyka země, které nejsou

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To Croatian: Ili, može biti, to je bio fascinantan traži korak u određivanju gubi se, na primjer, bio bi ne samo prijevod na jezik zemlje, odmah poslati prijevodom na jezik zemlje koja ne

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To Danish: Eller, måske var det en fascinerende søg skridt i at identificere tabt, for eksempel, ville ikke kun oversættelser til sprog i det land, straks at sende en oversættelse til sproget i det land, som ikke er

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To Georgian: ან, იქნებ, ეს იყო მომხიბლავი ძიება ნაბიჯი განსაზღვრა დაკარგა, მაგალითად, რომ არ მხოლოდ თარგმნეს ენის, ქვეყნის, მაშინვე გაგზავნის თარგმანი ენა ქვეყანა, რომელიც არ არის

Back to English: Or, maybe, it was a fascinating search for the step in the determination of lost, for example, that not only translations into language, the country, immediately after sending the translation of the language of the country, which is not

To Dutch: Of, misschien, het was een boeiende zoektocht naar de stap in de bepaling van de verloren, bijvoorbeeld, dat niet alleen vertalingen in de taal, het land, onmiddellijk na het verzenden van de vertaling van de taal van het land, die niet

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To Estonian: Või, võib-olla, see oli põnev otsida samm määramine kadunud, näiteks, et ei ainult tõlgete keel, riik, kohe pärast saatmist tõlge selle riigi keeles, mis ei ole

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To Finnish: Tai ehkä se oli jännittävää, jos haluat etsiä vaihe määrittäminen katosi, esimerkiksi, että ei vain käännöksiä kielen, maan, heti lähettämisen jälkeen käännöksen kieli, maa, joka ei ole

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To German: Oder vielleicht war es spannend, wenn Sie wollen, suchen für Schritt Bestimmung der verschwunden ist, zum Beispiel, dass Sie nicht nur übersetzungen in der Sprache, Land, unmittelbar nach dem Absenden der übersetzung in die Sprache des Landes, die nicht

Back to English: Or maybe it was exciting, if you want to search for step determination of the disappeared, for example, that you not only translations into language, country, immediately after sending the translation in the language of the country, which is not

To French: Ou peut-être que c'était excitant, si vous voulez la recherche pour l'étape de la détermination de la personne disparue, par exemple, que vous n'avez pas seulement des traductions dans la langue, le pays, immédiatement après l'envoi de la traduction dans la langue du pays, ce qui n'est pas

Back to English: Or may be it was exciting, if you want to search for the sentencing phase of the disappeared person, for example, that you have not only translations into language, the country, immediately after the delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which is not

To Hebrew: או אולי זה היה מרגש, אם אתה רוצה לחפש את גזר הדין בשלב של נעלמה אדם, למשל, כי אתה צריך לא רק תרגום אל שפה, מדינה, מיד לאחר הלידה של תרגום בשפת המדינה, אשר אינה

Back to English: Or maybe it was exciting, if you want to search for the sentencing phase of the disappeared person, for example, that you need to not only translations into language, country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which is not

To Greek: Ή μήπως ήταν συναρπαστικό, εάν θέλετε να πραγματοποιήσετε αναζήτηση για την καταδίκη φάση του εξαφανίστηκε πρόσωπο, για παράδειγμα, ότι θα πρέπει να δεν μόνον τις μεταφράσεις σε γλώσσα, χώρα, αμέσως μετά την παράδοση της μετάφρασης στη γλώσσα της χώρας, η οποία δεν είναι

Back to English: Or maybe it was exciting, if you want to search for the sentencing phase of the disappeared person, for example, that you should not only translations into language, country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which is not

To Hungarian: Vagy talán az volt az izgalmas, ha meg szeretné keresni a sentencing fázis az eltűnt személy, például, hogy nem szabad csak a fordítás nyelv, az ország, azonnal a szülés után a fordítást, a nyelv, az ország, amely nem

Back to English: Or maybe it was the exciting, if you want to find the sentencing phase of the missing person, for example, that you should not only the translation of the language of the country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which is not

To Indonesian: Atau mungkin itu adalah menarik, jika anda ingin menemukan hukuman fase dari orang yang hilang, misalnya, anda seharusnya tidak hanya terjemahan bahasa dari negara, segera setelah pengiriman dari terjemahan dalam bahasa dari negara ini, yang mana yang tidak

Back to English: Or perhaps it is interesting, if you want to find the penalty phase of the missing person, for example, you should not only translation of the language of the country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which are not

To Italian: O forse è interessante, se si desidera trovare la fase penale della persona scomparsa, per esempio, si dovrebbe non solo di traduzione della lingua del paese, subito dopo la consegna della traduzione nella lingua del paese, che non sono

Back to English: Or maybe it is interesting, if you want to find the penalty phase of the missing person, for example, you should not only translation of the language of the country, immediately after the delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which are not

To Icelandic: Eða kannski er það er athyglisvert, ef þú vilt finna refsinguna stigið um týnda manneskju, til dæmis, þú ættir ekki bara þýðing á tungumáli sem er á landinu, strax eftir kaup á þýðingin á tungumáli um allt landið, sem eru ekki

Back to English: Or maybe it's interesting, if you want to find the penalty phase about the missing person, for example, you should not just translation in the language of the country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which are not

To Slovenian: Ali morda je zanimivo, če želite, da bi našli kazen faze o manjkajočih oseba, na primer, da ne bi samo prevod v jezik države, takoj po dostavi prevoda v jezik države, ki niso

Back to English: Or perhaps it is interesting, if you want to find the penalty phase about the missing person, for example, that not only the translation in the language of the country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, which are not

To Macedonian: Или можеби тоа е интересно, ако сакате да го најдете казна фаза за исчезнати лица, на пример, дека не само превод на јазикот на земјата, веднаш по породувањето на превод на јазикот на земјата, кои не се

Back to English: Or perhaps it is interesting, if you want to find the penalty phase for missing persons, for example, that not only the translation of the language of the country, immediately after delivery of the translation in the language of the country, who are not

To Lithuanian: Ar galbūt įdomu, jei jūs norite sužinoti, baudos etape dėl dingusių asmenų, pavyzdžiui, kad ne tik vertimo kalbos šalyje, iš karto po pristatymo vertimo kalbos šalyje, kuris yra ne

Back to English: Or maybe you wonder if you want to learn the fine stage for missing persons, for example, that not only the target language in the country, immediately after delivery of the translation language in the country, which is not

To Maltese: Jew forsi inti tistaqsi jekk tixtieq titgħallem il-multa stadju għall-persuni neqsin, per eżempju, li mhux biss il-mira tal-lingwa fil-pajjiż, immedjatament wara t-twelid tat-traduzzjoni-lingwa tal-pajjiż, li mhuwiex

Back to English: Or perhaps you ask if you want to learn the fine stage for blind people, for example, that not only the target language in the country, immediately after delivery of the translation language of the country, which is not

To Spanish: O quizás usted se pregunte si usted desea aprender la multa etapa para las personas ciegas, por ejemplo, que no sólo el idioma de destino en el país, inmediatamente después de la entrega de la traducción al idioma del país, que no es

Back to English: Or perhaps you ask yourself if you want to learn the fine stage for blind people, for example, that not only the target language in the country, immediately after the delivery of the translation to the language of the country, which is not

To Malay: Atau mungkin kau bertanya pada diri sendiri jika anda ingin belajar baik-baik saja panggung untuk orang buta, misalnya, bahwa tak hanya target bahasa di negara ini, segera setelah pengiriman menerjemahkan ke bahasa dari negara ini, yang bukan

Back to English: Or maybe you're asking yourself if you want to learn the fine stage for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country, soon after delivery translate to the language of this country, who are not

To Swedish: Eller kanske du frågar dig själv om du vill lära dig den fina scenen för de blinda, till exempel, som inte bara målspråket i detta land, snart efter leverans att översätta till det språk i detta land, som inte är

Back to English: Or maybe you are asking yourself if you want to learn the fine stage for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country, soon after the delivery, to translate to the language in this country, which is not

To Latvian: Vai varbūt jums ir jautā sev, ja jūs vēlaties, lai uzzinātu, soda posmā neredzīgajiem, piemēram, ka ne tikai mērķa valodu šajā valstī, drīz pēc piegādes, tulkot valodai šajā valstī, kas nav

Back to English: Or maybe you are asking yourself, if you want to learn the penalty phase for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country, soon after the delivery, to translate the language of this country, which is not

To Vietnamese: Hay có lẽ anh đang tự hỏi bản thân, nếu anh muốn học hình phạt sẽ là giai đoạn cho người mù, thí dụ như, đó không chỉ là những mục tiêu ngôn ngữ trên đất nước này, ngay sau khi giao dịch, dịch ngôn ngữ của đất nước này, đó là không

Back to English: Or maybe you're asking yourself, if you want to learn the penalty phase for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country immediately after the transfer, translate the language of this country, it's not

To Ukranian: Або може бути, ви питаєте себе, якщо ви хочете дізнатися штраф фази для сліпих, наприклад, що не тільки цільову мову в цій країні відразу після переведення, перевести на мову цієї країни, це не

Back to English: Or maybe you're asking yourself if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country immediately after the transfer, and translate into the language of this country, it's not

To Thai: หรือบางทีนายอาจจะถามตัวเองถ้าคุณอยากจะรู้ว่าการลงโทษเฟสำหรับคนตาบอดตัวอย่างเช่นนั้นไม่ใช่แค่เป้าหมายเป็นภาษาที่อยู่ในประเทศนี้ทันทีหลังจากการเคลื่อนย้ายและแปลงไปในภาษาของประเทศนี้มันไม่ใช่

Back to English: Or maybe you're asking yourself if you want to know the punishment phase for the blind, for example, that not only the target language in this country immediately after the transfer, and translate into the language of the Country. it's not

To Turkish: Ya da belki de soruyorsun Kendin bilmek istiyorsan ceza aşaması için kör, örneğin, sadece hedef dilde bu ülkenin hemen sonra transfer, ve tercüme diline Ülkesi. değil

Back to English: Or maybe you're asking yourself if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, only in the target language of this country immediately after the transfer, the country of the English language. not

To Norwegian: Eller kanskje du spør deg selv hvis du ønsker å vite straffen fase for blinde, for eksempel, bare i språket i dette landet umiddelbart etter overføringen, landet av det engelske språket. ikke

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To Polish: Lub może być, można zadać sobie pytanie, jeśli chcesz dowiedzieć się kara fazy dla niewidomych, na przykład, tylko w języku tego kraju raz po transmisji, w kraju języka angielskiego. nie

Back to English: Or, maybe you can ask yourself a question, if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, in the language of that country immediately after the transfer, the country of the English language. not

To Portuguese: Ou, talvez você pode perguntar a si mesmo uma pergunta, se você quer saber a penalidade de fase para cegos, por exemplo, na língua do país imediatamente após a transferência, o país de língua inglesa. não

Back to English: Or, perhaps you can ask yourself a question, if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, in the language of the country immediately after the transfer, the country of the English language. not

To Romanian: Sau, eventual, puteți să întrebați-vă întrebarea, dacă vrei să înveți o amendă de faza pentru nevăzători, de exemplu, în limba țării imediat după transfer, în țară de limbă engleză. nu

Back to English: Or perhaps you can ask yourself the question, if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, the language of the country immediately after the transfer, the country of the English language. not

To Russian: Или возможно вы можете задать себе вопрос, если вы хотите узнать штраф фазы для слепых, например, на языке страны сразу после передачи, в страну английского языка. не

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To Serbian: Или можда можете да поставите себи питање, ако желите да сазнате казну фазе за слепе, на пример, на језику земље одмах након преноса, у земљу енглеског језика. не

Back to English: Or, maybe you can ask yourself a question, if you want to know the penalty phase for the blind, for example, the language of the country immediately after the transfer, the country of the English language. not

To Slovak: Alebo, možno, že si môže položiť otázku, ak chcete vedieť, trest fázy pre nevidiacich, napríklad, jazyk krajiny, okamžite po prevode, krajiny, v anglickom jazyku. nie

Back to English: Or, maybe you can ask a question, if you want to know the punishment phase for the blind, for example, the language of the country immediately after the transfer, the country, in the English language. not

Nice work, kaner406 ! +1

Would you guys like to play?

I know for you, Retillion, that you've been concerned about people identifying you by your unique press style in the past so this would certainly nullify that!

Great idea kaner -- maybe one of those other translation engines would let us specify the destination language as the one you posted I didn't see that option!

Alas, I simply don't have enough time on my plate to be able to commit to any new games at the moment. But I reckon that this game would be heaps of fun to play!

...43 translations later:

Unfortunately, this is the new game, I don't have time to meat in large, the food, the meat commission, but this is the game I think that a lot of the game!!!

This game must be named, "The Meat Commission."

Thank you for your invitation, Mapu, but I will have to decline.

Kaner you are so fucking funny. Count me in. Like kaner's or dr's suggestions.

What great news. Thrilled to have you.

Who else?

Can I play? Which rules are we playing? I lost track.

Also I once tried translating Padraig Pearse's Irish Poem "Oro se do bheatha bhaile" into Croatian and google translate decided half of the Irish was proper nouns and then when it went on to English it was complete gibberish, so I think Google translate can mess up all on its own.

Also I once tried translating Padraig Pearse's Irish Poem "Oro se do bheatha bhaile" into Croatian and google translate decided half of the Irish was proper nouns and then when it went on to English it was complete gibberish, so I think Google translate can mess up all on its own. "

...43 translations later:

"Antonio, I want to close this world-Ireland إعدادات time bhail bheatha, Croatia, the Irish language, the name, the language, which is close to the solution, and Google, that is not to say that I think this is the Google translation is a mess.

Or, via Croatian, Chinese, Icelandic, Arabic, Dutch and back to English...

I have also tried Harrington Pierce Croatia Irish song " Oro father bheatha Bahia " mean and decided to translate their own part of the Irish name , and then , when he was ready for an injury , so I think the Google translation can destroy everything on their own
.

Alcuin -- would definitely love to have you.

The game rules have not been finalized. I'm hoping we can collectively brainstorm for the best translation rules, so your input is most welcome!

With regard to the 43 language cycle -- my thought is if the final output is English, it might be too tempting to fine tune a word or two to help convey the message. If the final output is an unknown language, obviously no such fine tuning can be done.

My suggestion would be to make the home languages as follows...
England - Welsh, Irish, or Hindi
Germany - Sorbian, Polish or Dutch
France - Basque, Breton or Arabic
Italy - Albanian, Latin or Greek
Austria-Hungary - Hungarian, Slovenian or Czech
Turkey - Turkish, Armenian, or Kurdish
Russia - Mongolian, Belarussian or Finnish

That way we should be able to guarantee that most people will be using a language they cannot understand.

Then after the first translation, we should translate into Chinese (or Hebrew for those who speak Chinese, or Navajo for those who speak both) and send it on.

This gives three languages, which is enough to really mess things up.

Like so

"Then after the first translation, we should translate into Chinese (or Hebrew for those who speak Chinese, or Navajo for those who speak both) and send it on."

to Welsh

"Yna, ar ôl y cyfieithiad cyntaf , dylem gyfieithu i'r Tsieinëeg ( neu'r Hebraeg gyfer y rhai sy'n siarad Tsieinëeg , neu Navajo ar gyfer y rhai sy'n siarad ddau) a'i hanfon ymlaen."

to Chinese

然后，在第一次翻译后，我们应该翻译成中国人（或希伯来语对于那些谁讲中国或纳瓦霍对于那些谁讲两者）并转发。

to Czech

Potom , po prvním překladu, by měly být přeloženy do čínského lidu (nebo hebrejštiny pro ty, kteří mluví v Číně nebo Navajo Pro ty, kteří mluví oba) a útočníků.

to English

Then , after the first translation should be translated into Chinese people ( or Hebrew for those who speak Chinese or Navajo For those who speak both) and forwards.

So there is SOME sense but also scope for confusion

Original text:

"Ok folks, I'm really looking forward to seeing how we go with such a crazy and amusing concept. How many players do we have who are in? I'm also guessing that we'll use maps that have countries supported by Google Translate... so no elfish chit-chat!"

...43 translations later, we get:

"I can't wait to see what I think it is funny that it is a good idea. How many heroes we have here. Google translator, on the other hand, in the latter case, I think you can use this card instead of water!"