All Star Translated Back to English

Someone today asked me if I wanted to read Smash Mouth's "All Star" translated into Aramaic and then back to English. The answer to that question is always yes. Translation back to English: There was one who said unto me that the universe was going to cause me to tremble, That I am not the sharpest cutting implement in the storehouse. She had the appearance unto me as a stupid one, With her finger and her thumb In the frame of a Greek gamma upon her forehead. Behold, the years begin coming, and do not cease from coming. Fed unto the axioms, and I fell upon the earth and ran. It was not acceptable if not to live for the sake of pleasurable things. Your brain increases its wisdom, but your heart increases its stupidity. A great amount to do, a great amount to see, Therefore, there is no difficult problem if we take the streets of the backside. You will not know if you do not go. You will not shine if you do not glow. Behold currently! You are entirely a star child! Begin your power! Go! Laugh! Behold currently! You are a master of the music! Begin your singing! Acquire your wages!

A screenshot of a tweet presents a deliberately awkward English retranslation of Smash Mouth’s song “All Star,” supposedly translated into Aramaic and then back into English. Familiar lyrics become absurdly formal and distorted, making the joke work as a reaction to the irresistible idea of seeing a popular song mangled by machine translation. EN: A screenshot of a tweet presents a deliberately awkward English retranslation of Smash Mouth’s song “All Star,” supposedly translated into Aramaic and then back into English. Familiar lyrics become absurdly formal and distorted, making the joke work as a reaction to the irresistible idea of seeing a popular song mangled by machine translation.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 11665 2023-08-25