The Avengers Forever: IMHO

	IMHO: 7 July 2002 Page 4 of 28

Lest anyone think I am just a grumpy old fart with absolutely nothing pleasant to say, I decided it was time for something fun. In this case, it is more like pure, mindless silliness. Perhaps I am too easily amused...?

At any rate, I get a strange kick from the output of online translators, such as Babel Fish. Granted, they are still early in development, and are actually meant more for technical document translation, but they can also be a source of amusement.

Got a few spare minutes? Need a good chuckle? Tired of the tired old office email humor? Take a short bit of text, translate it to another language, and then translate it back. You'll see something like this:

Original: The Avengers Forever, founding member of TheAvengers.TV, is a virtual encyclopedia of the cult British TV classic. Each and every episode, from David Keel to The New Avengers, has its own page brimming with information, and a whole lot more! So kick back, pop open a bottle o' bubbly, and enjoy a long, loving Avengers reverie.

French: Avengers for always, the founder member of TheAvengers.TV, is a virtual encyclopedia traditional British of the worship TV. Each episode, of skittle of David in new Avengers, has its own brimming page with information, and a whole fate moreover! Give a kick thus behind, jump open a bottle O ' bubbly, and appreciate a length, magnet revery of Avengers.

Spanish was amazingly close to the original, save for the last sentence: Strike so behind with the foot, it explodes open a bottle or ' bubbly, and we enjoyed a long reverie, that master of Avengers.

Portugese was likewise fairly faithful, except for: It retrocedes thus stops backwards, stale open a bottle ' bubbly, and aprecíe one reverie long, loving of Avengers.

Italian: The Avengers in order always, founding the member of TheAvengers.TV, is a virtual encyclopedia of the British classic of cult. Every TV episode, from the keel of David to the new Avengers, more has relative the own page brimming with the information and an entire lottery! Therefore it gives behind of soccer, it cracks opened a bottle or ' bubbly and enjoys reverie long and loving Avengers.

German: The Avengers always, creating member of TheAvengers.TV, is a virtual encyclopedia of the Cult British television set of classical author. Each episode, of the David Kiel to the new Avengers, has its own side, with information more brimming and a complete lot! If you withdraw in such a way, slam opened a bottle O ' bubbly, and you enjoy a long, loving Avengers reverie.

Chinese: Avengers forever, the TheAvengersc.tv founder, is worships English television work classics one true encyclopedia. Each plot, from the David keel to new Avengers, has its own page brimming and the information, are completely more with the whole! So kicks, bubbly popular opening bottle o ', with enjoys long, loves Avengers reverie.

Japanese: Permanently the Avengers, establishing the member of the TheAvengersc.tv, is in fact the encyclopedia of classic of the bulk worshipping English tv. In each episode, itself page information to the Avengers where is new from the keel of the , and all lot more there is a brimming! So, kick, ' the bubbly sound the bottle o which was opened plunk, and the Avengers being long the reverie which is loved enjoy.

And the best for last, Korean: The forever Avengers, the member of the TheAvengers.TV under discovering, worship Great Britain they lay the rain cyan is the actual encyclopedia of bitter fight. To the angle the blood to the new Avengers, to it specific page information, and the whole swallow little more there is a brimming from the smallness tu to, place bead keel,! Kick hard like this, after the bottle O which is to be opened ' the bubbly break, and Avengers love reverie of the long thing enjoy.

And that's my humble opinion.

David K. Smith, 7 July 2002