Slog - Comments on William Faulkner or German Translating Machine? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m From the folks at Reverent Entertainment comes this inspired literary quiz: Can you guess which phrases were written by the Nobel Prize-winning Faulkner, and which were created by a German translating machine? Good luck! (Thank you, MetaFilter.)... Copyright 2008 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:03:39 -0800 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:44:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by shrubbysteve weird, i got an 83..

]]> shrubbysteve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701594 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:33:31 -0800 Comment by josh wow. i got a 0.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701656 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:10:26 -0800 Comment by Sachi I got an 83 too. Some of the examples had language construction that a machine simply could not have come up with. I love Faulkner!

]]> Sachi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701672 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:15:42 -0800 Comment by shrubbysteve @3 - yeah that's pretty much how i guessed which were which heh.

]]> shrubbysteve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701704 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701704 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:37:38 -0800 Comment by dantc And I scored 17. Together, we hit 100. Hooray!










Er, wait...

]]> dantc http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701706 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:39:21 -0800 Comment by ruby didnt josh post this a couple weeks ago?

]]> ruby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c701931 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:05:15 -0800 Comment by exelizabeth And this is why I hate Faulkner.

I got 50%. Which, I think, is the same as guessing.

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702084 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:18:40 -0800 Comment by Don Simus "didnt josh post this a couple weeks ago?"

Yes ( http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/man_or_machine ), but back then they did not have the picture of babelfish above the quiz. So now it can be considered remodelled and, as such, can be slogged again.

]]> Don Simus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702319 Arts Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:25:01 -0800 Comment by Sarah 8%

]]> Sarah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/william_faulkner_or_german_translating_m#c702890 Arts Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:44:26 -0800