Google Translation: Sumo Indiscretion
A poignant and poetic excerpt here from a Google Japanese-to-English ("Beta"!!!) translation of a Sumo wrestler's blog (as mentioned on boingboing today):
When you mention some contents, * & *
It was in university age Martial romance And
By your Trick of liquor habit (@ @) Story,
As for the classmate doing what, the る?
While with laughing at the story which is said, you speak eternally.
Tell me about it, man.
google-ish , japan-ish , sumo-ish , translation-ish by tangentialist at 12:32 PM on 25 Oct 05 | Perm-a-link | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Google Maps Tokyo: Slurpee Detector
Google Maps now speaks Tokyo, and the true influence of American chain eateries on the Japanese psyche becomes achingly clear. Apparently, the relative position of every 7-11, McDonald's, and Circle K is crucial to an understanding of where you are situated in Tokyo's notoriously opaque street system. Check out this power cluster of three Mickey D's within four city blocks, calling to the unsuspecting lost masses of Tokyo tourists with promises of grilled familiarity!
Actually, I had heard Tokyo was confusing, but is the local 7-11 as good as it gets for street signage?
(The photo above, by anotherview on Flickr, is of a 7-11 in Kobe, who also get the full Google Maps treatment. Strangely, when you google "7-11, Kobe, Japan", you get loads of map points, but none of them correspond to the 7-11 icons.)
google-ish , japan-ish by tangentialist at 05:58 PM on 14 Jul 05 | Perm-a-link | TrackBack (0)