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Thread started 04/11/11 11:15am

SagsWay2low

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NEW GAME! Translate your favorite Prince Lyric

Here's how it works.

Go to: http://translate.google.c...=wT#en|da|

And translate your favorite Prince lyric into a second language.

Next, translate it from that language into a third language.

Finally, Translate it from the third language back to English.

Here's mine:

English ---- > Danish ------> Greek -------> English

Step 1: I knew a girl named Nikki , I guess you could say she was a sex fiend

Step 2: Jeg kendte en pige ved navn Nikki, jeg tror, ​​du kan sige, at hun var en køn djævel sexy

Step 3: I knew a girl named Nikki, I guess you could say it was demon sex falloff



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Reply #1 posted 04/11/11 11:28am

shakespeare

Anna Stesia come 2 me, talk 2 me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what U think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

Hungarian then russian then .....

Anna Stesia come to me 2, 2 to speak with me, I was raped
To free my mind
Tell me what U think of me, praise me, I'm crazy
Who is that space and time

[Edited 4/11/11 11:28am]

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Reply #2 posted 04/11/11 11:28am

SagsWay2low

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shakespeare said:

Anna Stesia come 2 me, talk 2 me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what U think of me, praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

Hungarian then russian then .....

Anna Stesia come to me 2, 2 to speak with me, I was raped
To free my mind
Tell me what U think of me, praise me, I'm crazy
Who is that space and time

[Edited 4/11/11 11:28am]

JAYSUS CHRIST!!! falloff

I'm trying not to laugh, honestly. That's terrible! lol



You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! lol
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Reply #3 posted 04/11/11 11:58am

CallMeCarrie

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Electric Chair to Turkish and then Chinese...

I saw your friend first. That's who I danced with. All the time I was watching you.

The music rocked us. Our eyes locked, thus making us see a trippy picture shoo.

Turned into...

I first saw your friends. Who am I dance. I've been watching you now. Music shook us.Trippy picture drive us to make our eyes see, so locked.

lol

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Reply #4 posted 04/11/11 12:04pm

Trashcat

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Gett Off - Dutch - South-African - Creool - Polish - English

Now move your big ass round this way
So I can work on that zipper, baby
Tonight your a star
And Im the big dipper

Now, move the big ass on the way

So I can work on that lock, baby
Today, its star
And my big mug

Have a look at 'The W2A: Euro Tour Song Survey' http://prince.org/msg/12/362417
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Reply #5 posted 04/11/11 12:11pm

julia319

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First English...Latin, Indonesian, Filipino, Polish and English smile

Shut up already, damn!

Tell me who in this house know about the quake?

(We do)

I mean really, really

And that's what you get wink

As will now be punished!
You tell me that this house was shaking up?
(We believe)
I said that I fully

eek biggrin

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Reply #6 posted 04/11/11 12:23pm

Trashcat

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Wedding Feast just results in more glue sniffing lyrics....

Original

"Brother dear brother, I came as quickly as I could
The Digital Haze is broken,The Banished Ones r gone 4 good, gone 4 good"

Now there must b a wedding
Now there must b a feast
A feast, a feast
A smorgasbord at least
A brunch, a munch
Of cake if just a piece

Not just a vat of chitlins
Or turkey meat u c
We r what we eat
So we must eat a leaf
We'll dine under a tree
Unless it snows!

Translated:

"Brother, brother, dear when I was
Digital clouds broke, and before it is gone forever "

We need to take
We observed
Collections
At least Ray
Breakfast, Munch
Money is only part

It is not just about tax Chitlin
Comments or turkey meat
We are what we eat
So you have to eat the leaves
We ate under the tree
Snow!

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Reply #7 posted 04/11/11 12:24pm

MarquessMarq

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CallMeCarrie said:

Electric Chair to Turkish and then Chinese...

I saw your friend first. That's who I danced with. All the time I was watching you.

The music rocked us. Our eyes locked, thus making us see a trippy picture shoo.

Turned into...

I first saw your friends. Who am I dance. I've been watching you now. Music shook us.Trippy picture drive us to make our eyes see, so locked.

lol

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Reply #8 posted 04/11/11 2:15pm

purplehippieon
the1

Original:

Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Let's look for the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck, let's go!

Step 2: translate to Icelandic:

Förum brjálaður
Let's hnetur
Við skulum líta á fjólubláa banani
"Til að þeir setja okkur í bílnum, við skulum fara!

Then translated to Hebrew

...and back to English:

Let's go crazy
Let's nuts
Let's look at purple banana
"That's why they put us in the car, let's go!

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Reply #9 posted 04/11/11 2:36pm

just1lousydime

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Sexy MF

Original:

"You seem perplexed I haven't taken you yet

Can't you see I'm harder than a man can get

I got wet dreams coming out of my ears

I get hard if the wind blows your cologne near me

But I can take it, cuz I want the whole nine

This ain't about the body, it's about the mind."

Translate:

"You seem perplexed I have not yet taken not you

see I'm harder than a man can get

I got wet dreams I drive out my ears

if the wind blows your cologne near me

But I do because I want the whole nine

This does not affect the body, mind"

time flies.
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Reply #10 posted 04/11/11 7:41pm

SagsWay2low

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CallMeCarrie said:

Electric Chair to Turkish and then Chinese...

I saw your friend first. That's who I danced with. All the time I was watching you.

The music rocked us. Our eyes locked, thus making us see a trippy picture shoo.

Turned into...

I first saw your friends. Who am I dance. I've been watching you now. Music shook us.Trippy picture drive us to make our eyes see, so locked.

lol

lol



You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! lol
I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething mushy

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Reply #11 posted 04/11/11 7:43pm

Fauxie

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I figure just to Thai and back ought to do it lol

Now move your big ass round this way
So I can work on that zipper, baby
Tonight you're a star
And I'm the big dipper

ตอนนี้ย้ายรอบตูดของคุณใหญ่ด้วยวิธีนี้
ดังนั้นผมจึงสามารถทำงานในซิปนั้นทารก
คืนนี้คุณดาว
และฉันดาวไถ

Now move your big ass round this way.
So I can work on that zipper baby
Tonight you have downloaded.
And I Plow

falloff

confuse

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[Edited 4/11/11 19:44pm]

MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!!
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Reply #12 posted 04/11/11 7:53pm

Fauxie

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English > Thai > Russian > Japanese > English

I said now, overcast days never turned me on
But something about the clouds and her mixed
She wasn't too bright
But I could tell when she kissed me
She knew how to get her kicks

I, just cloudy now I will not turn on.
But what about the clouds and her mixed.
It is not too bright.
But I can tell when she kissed me.
Know how to get it to her.

MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!!
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Reply #13 posted 04/11/11 7:53pm

Spinlight

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We are young, we are free on earth

Together

Let's fall in love

You are fine, you are white, I am of color

Let's fall in love
Ice cream castles in the summer time

Ice cream castles in the summer

Into Hungarian:

Mi fiatalok, szabadok vagyunk a földön Együtt Nézzük szerelmes Ön a finom, te fehér, én vagyok a szín Nézzük szerelmes Fagylalt várak a nyári időszámítás Fagylalt várak a nyáron

Back into English:

What young people, we are free on the ground
in love with

you look together with the fine, you are white, I am the color

look in love with

ice-cream could the summer

ice-cream could the during the summer

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Reply #14 posted 04/11/11 8:00pm

SagsWay2low

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Fauxie said:

I figure just to Thai and back ought to do it lol

Now move your big ass round this way
So I can work on that zipper, baby
Tonight you're a star
And I'm the big dipper

ตอนนี้ย้ายรอบตูดของคุณใหญ่ด้วยวิธีนี้
ดังนั้นผมจึงสามารถทำงานในซิปนั้นทารก
คืนนี้คุณดาว
และฉันดาวไถ

Now move your big ass round this way.
So I can work on that zipper baby
Tonight you have downloaded.
And I Plow

falloff

confuse

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[Edited 4/11/11 19:44pm]

falloff!!!

YES! Any language that does use inference will sufficiently change the meaning when going back into English.

Thai reduces the vocab from 660,000 words down to about 150,000, then strips out all of the articles, tenses, and such. It then goes the extra step of changing the meaning of idioms (all languages do this though), so that "cold hearted" in Thai would eventually end up meaning "Warm hearted in English" or "loving" or some such.

I love how languages differ.

I mean, a Prince lyric is often silly enough on its own, but when placed through this process, its hysterical.



You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! lol
I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething mushy

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Reply #15 posted 04/11/11 8:01pm

SagsWay2low

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And fauxie, what the fuck are you doing in this forum? lol



You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! lol
I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething mushy

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Reply #16 posted 04/11/11 8:06pm

Billmenever

doh! Don't play me.

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Reply #17 posted 04/11/11 8:41pm

electricberet

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Ballad of Dorothy Parker in English:

Well, I ordered

"Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't too hungry"

Dorothy laughed

She said, "Sounds like a real man to me

Kinda cute, you wanna take a bath?"

Translated to Arabic, then Basque, then English:

Well, I ordered
"Yes, let us go get me a fruit cocktail, and I'm not very hungry"
Dorothy laugh
He said: "It is a real man like me
Kinda cute, and you want to take a bath?"

The Census Bureau estimates that there are 2,518 American Indians and Alaska Natives currently living in the city of Long Beach.
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Reply #18 posted 04/11/11 8:46pm

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There needs to be a warning that people should not drink any liquids or eat popcorn while reading these posts. I was doing both and nearly choked to death. lol

The Census Bureau estimates that there are 2,518 American Indians and Alaska Natives currently living in the city of Long Beach.
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Reply #19 posted 04/11/11 8:48pm

Fauxie

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SagsWay2low said:

And fauxie, what the fuck are you doing in this forum? lol

I'll go in any forum I want to. Stop bullying me!

MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!!
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Reply #20 posted 04/11/11 10:38pm

SagsWay2low

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Fauxie said:

SagsWay2low said:

And fauxie, what the fuck are you doing in this forum? lol

I'll go in any forum I want to. Stop bullying me!



You're a real fucker. You act like you own this place--ParanoidAndroid <-- about as witty as this princess gets! lol
I hope everyone pays more attention to Sags posts--sweething mushy

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Reply #21 posted 04/11/11 11:50pm

novabrkr

Voices from the sky say rely on your best friend to pull you through, but even if I wanted to, I couldn't really truly, because my only friend is you. Oh ooh.
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[french] Voix du ciel dire compter sur votre meilleure amie pour vous tirer d'affaire, mais même si je le voulais, je ne pouvais pas vraiment vraiment, parce que mon seul ami, c'est vous. Oh ooh.
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Voice from heaven say rely on your best friend to bail you out, but even if I wanted I could not really really, because my only friend is you. Oh, ooh.

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Reply #22 posted 04/12/11 12:09am

802

In a word or two, it's you I wanna do.

No not your body, your mind you fool.

becomes:

One or two words, is it you want.

No not your body, your mind you fool

and then:

same as original except wanna becomes want to

[Edited 4/12/11 0:14am]

[Edited 4/12/11 0:14am]

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Reply #23 posted 04/12/11 1:22am

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Pop life — Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life — We all got a space 2 fill
Pop life — Everybody can't be on top
Life — it ain't real funky unless it's got that pop
Dig it

Pop life - Everybody needs a thrill
Pop Life - and all we have to fill the space 2
Pop Life - a person can not be at the top
Life - if it is not real funky and pop
Dig it

shocked

!!!!!!!english to arabic to italian to english

"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius." O.Wilde
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Reply #24 posted 04/12/11 6:25am

Chiquetet

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English ---> Dutch ---> Hebrew ---> English

If I came back as a dolphin
Would U listen 2 me then?
Would U let me be your friend?
Would U let me in?
U can cut off all my fins
But 2 your ways I will not bend
I'll die before I let U tell me how 2 swim
Come back in the end as a dolphin (Oh)
(I'll come back, baby)
(Let me in, let me in) As a dolphin
(Be my friend) Dolphin
(Yeah, yeah)

becomes

When I came back like a dolphin
You should listen to me 2?
Do let me be your friend?
Can you give me?
You can disconnect all my fins
But 2 your ways I will not give
I'll die before I let you tell me how 2 swim
Back end like a dolphin (Oh)
(I'll be back, baby)
(Let me, let me in) like a dolphin
(be my friend) Dolphin
(Yeah, yeah)

"Back end like a dolphin" - sounds like an urban dictionary term... whofarted

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Reply #25 posted 04/12/11 6:32am

LiveNation

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Not exactly a Prince lyric but for those that like the little rap:

Said the Table to the Chair,
'You can hardly be aware,
'How I suffer from the heat,
'And from chilblains on my feet!
'If we took a little walk,
'We might have a little talk!
'Pray let us take the air!'
Said the Table to the Chair.

Via Yiddish, Basque, Japanese, Irish and back to English:-

Committee,
'A few, can be included
'I suffer from heat
Frostbite and my legs are!
"We are cases where a short stroll
Are small, you need to talk to us!
"In a free on air with us!"
Table Chair.


[Edited 4/12/11 6:33am]

Mwahahaha!
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Reply #26 posted 04/12/11 6:42am

LiveNation

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No need for introduction. About 6 translations et voila.... lol

Do not play with me
I am 30 I will plant, I do not smoke
I put some music on my ass, I play
No, three - dimensional type of diet is necessary
Do not play with me
Do not play with me
I have to use proper English, I have been able
I have to pay my friend to check the news again
Nice, my column is not published as soon as possible
Do not play with me

Mwahahaha!
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Reply #27 posted 04/12/11 7:07am

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Blue Light

STEP 1:

U say not in public but I say in the car
Say, we need to get wild again like it was when we first met
Close your eyes and count 2 ten and when u open 'em -
I'll be standing naked with nothing but a smile on

STEP 2: Translate into Polish

U nie powiedzieć publicznie, ale mogę powiedzieć w samochodzie
Powiedz, musimy ponownie dzikie jak to było, kiedy pierwszy raz się spotkaliśmy
Zamknij oczy i liczyć 2 dziesięciu, gdy u otwarte 'em -
Będę stał nagi, ale nic z uśmiechem na

STEP 3:

U did not say publicly, but I can tell you in the car
Say, we need to re-wild as it was when we first met
Close your eyes and count 2 ten and when u open they -
I'll be standing naked with nothing but with smile on my own

So evil girl, if one of us has a date,
With the undertaker, which one will it be?
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Reply #28 posted 04/12/11 12:07pm

theonly4ever

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LiveNation said:

No need for introduction. About 6 translations et voila.... lol

Do not play with me
I am 30 I will plant, I do not smoke
I put some music on my ass, I play
No, three - dimensional type of diet is necessary
Do not play with me
Do not play with me
I have to use proper English, I have been able
I have to pay my friend to check the news again
Nice, my column is not published as soon as possible
Do not play with me

lol

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Reply #29 posted 04/13/11 7:16pm

OzlemUcucu

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I laughed so much, i am actually in tears...this is the funniest thing i have ever seen.. lol

This thread is lol lol lol

Prince I will always miss and love U.
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