Google Translate and my Fun Family

Dear DiaLog,

Sorry about Liv. I seriously need to put some extra privacy settings on this thing. Forgive me for going a little crazy these first few hours… days… possibly weeks. I tend to go a little overboard with this kind of thing. But I guess if you get bored you can just not read anymore… or let me know in the comments so I can be a little more ‘upbeat’ as my sister would say.

Like I said… I have 2 sisters. Teresa (or Terri as practically everyone calls her) is kind of… rebellious? She’s the one who gets home at 3 in the morning and you’re like, ‘where have you been?’ and she’s like, ‘nowhere’. She’s 19, but I swear sometimes my 14-year-old sister Abigail’s so much more mature than her. Abigail’s kind of the quiet, perfect one. Imagine loose blonde curls, tied back in braids, waist high, knee length skirt with black tights and white flats (shoes, not coffee) usually reading or playing her keyboard. Yep. Picture perfect. And my 20 something year old brother Bradley’s much the same… but he lives in the city somewhere with his laptop and his dream job. *Sigh* Oh and did I mention he speaks French? Jealous… although I can totally fake it with Google Translator… for example, here’s the email he sent me yesterday. (I know. Email. He refuses to get Facebook because of some anti social media activist group he joined…)

Sis! Hey!
Got that blog running yet?

I was intrigued when you said you were learning French at school this year so SURPRISE! I’m going to write the rest of this email in French. *Rest of thrilling email in French…*

(This is the part where I stick it in Google translator and cross my fingers.)

My reply… (take a note out of my book… go on… open that tab and copy paste away… http://translate.google.com/)

Hé frère Bradley!
Il est évident que mon français est incroyable. J'espère que vous pouvez réellement comprendre ce que c'est ce que je dis. Pouvez-vous croire que la moitié de ma classe utilise Google Translator pour leurs missions françaises? Ils sont des tricheurs tells!!!

Of course when that’s translated BACK into English it reads something like this…

Hey brother Bradley!

It is obvious that my French is incredible. I really hope you can understand that this is what I say. Can you believe that half my class uses Google Translator French for their missions? They are cheaters said!

Particularly loving the fact that my French class has ‘missions’ instead of assignments. Who knew my teacher was secretly training a force of assignment- cheating French-speaking agents. ‘Said!’

This is Allie Fisher, saying ‘Seeya’ once again…

LOVE!

Allie