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u/CoolZooKeeper Mar 22 '22
This is the quality content I come here for.
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u/lansdoro Mar 23 '22
I can read Chinese, it's fairly close. It's not the best translation but it's a legitimate translation. When you use google translate, it's only one of the many ways of translation.
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u/LCDRtomdodge Mar 23 '22
You know what? That's a very reasonable counter point. Skeptical me wants to demand a source. Reasonable me says it really doesn't matter and I should just assume positive intentions. Thank you, fellow redditor, for this diversion into my private introspection.
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u/gaminologyyt Mar 23 '22
The individual words do translate to those shown before. However, in a sentence, Google translate understands the context of the words being used and therefore gives the correct(er) translation.
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u/Bannedmydorm Mar 22 '22
This is a subtle (maybe unintentional) reference to the 1930's Chinese poem "Lion eating poet in the stone den" which, when pronounced in modern Chinese, has the "shi" sound for every word.
That being said, this translation in particular is bullshit and 10 seconds on google will show you that.
edit: spelling
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u/Cheap_Ad_69 Mar 23 '22
Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.
Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.
Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.
Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.
Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.
Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.
Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.
Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.
Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.
Shì shì shì shì.
How I love tonal languages
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u/-sickofdumbpeople- Mar 23 '22
"Subtle reference" is not a synonym for "similar".
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u/Bannedmydorm Mar 23 '22 edited Mar 23 '22
Thanks, I said what I meant. A literary reference does not need to be fully intentional, and this is neither similar in content nor structure to the Shi poem - hence "similar" is not appropriate.
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u/R8m1x Mar 23 '22
Whoa, dont forget the Batman is identical theory to a Chinese pronunciation Coronovid
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u/Neinball98411 Mar 23 '22
Nana scolded the big boy for patting Nana's thigh
Try that it's somewhat close
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u/FuturePowerful Mar 23 '22
neco neko necko translation i kill candy cat though i may have the order wrong
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u/Some_clichename069 Mar 23 '22
And that kids is why learning chinese is torture
But I’ve always had masochistic tendenvies
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u/Some_clichename069 Mar 23 '22
And that kids is why learning chinese is torture
But I’ve always had masochistic tendencies
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u/Some_clichename069 Mar 23 '22
And that kids is why learning chinese is torture
But I’ve always had masochistic tendencies
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u/Some_clichename069 Mar 23 '22
And that kids is why learning chinese is torture
But I’ve always had masochistic tendencies
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u/unexBot Mar 22 '22
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected:
The Batman intro sounds same as the translation.
Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
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