Who knows what a Babel Fish is?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by 12lives, Jan 9, 2005.

  1. 12lives

    12lives Control the controllable, let the rest go

    I saw this in the thread on LeSabres and Centurions and had to laugh! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Don't ask me what the prize is...maybe a towel!

    This was the link: http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

    - Bill

    I'm still laughing! :grin:
     
  2. CIT

    CIT Poweraddict, help me

    Read Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to understand the inner workings of a babelfish
     
  3. 9secStage1

    9secStage1 Worlds Fastest GS Stage 1

    I agree I was laughing when I read the link. I saw it on this board about a year ago. I believe it was me that re-posted it. It is a translation site. What you do is open the link and also open the site you want to translate. You highlite the sentence, right click on the mouse and and click on copy. THen on the babelfish site you right click in the box and click paste the line will appear in the box. THen scroll down the translations you want and click and it translates the sentence.

    I re-posted it as I was going into the other Riviera and big car sites that are in other languages. Its not an exact but it helps out a lot. And the site name is quite confusing to what the site does.
     
  4. SportWagonGS

    SportWagonGS Moderator

    You beat me to this!!
    I love those books
     
  5. Truzi

    Truzi Perpetual Student

    Just check the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Babel Fish entry.

    Ah, what a great "trilogy." I can't wait for the new movie to be released. The BBC movie was pretty bad, but I enjoy it and have grown to associate it with the series. I hope this new one does't ruin it too much.

    Here is the earth-based version of the guide.

    So far I've read all 5 1/2 books of the trilogy, listened to the recreated BBC radio show (not the recently completed stuff, though), the books on tape, the infamous BBC mini-series, and the text-based video game.
     
  6. 12lives

    12lives Control the controllable, let the rest go

    YES! I laughed so hard at the tape of the first book I almost lost consciousness!

    Hey Rick - " And the site name is quite confusing to what the site does." - not if you know what a Babel Fish is! :laugh:


    - Bill
     
  7. bob k. mando

    bob k. mando Guest

    whatever you do, "Don't Panic". and remember, the secret to flying ... is forgetting to fall. :bglasses:
     

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