Just a little Friday gift for everyone.  A hilarious and delightful reminder of why having real, live, human interpreters is so important.

Watch the video here: Google Translate sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Someone “translated” the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody into a foreign language using Google Translate, and then “translated” them back into English.  The results are bizarre.

Imagine if this were actual testimony during a murder trial.

Here are just a few of the translation fails:

• “Mama, just killed a man,” rendered into “Mommy, I kill people”
• “Pulled the trigger, now he’s dead,” rendered into “My cat died”
• “Nothing really matters” rendered into “It is major”
• and many more that make no sense whatsoever!

Obviously, this was done for entertainment’s sake, but the next time someone asks you why the courts/hospitals/schools don’t just use Google Translate, send them this video.

Now turn the volume up and rock out to the utter ridiculousness!

Overheard in court…

Judge: To the charge, sir, how do you plead: guilty or not guilty?

Defendant: Can I plead half guilty, half not guilty?

Judge: No.

Overheard in court…

Judge: Do you have any other questions for this witness before he steps down?

Plaintiff: Yes…can he tell the truth?

For everyone who has every interpreted for a “roofero.”

Overheard in court…

Judge: In the police report, it says that you fell asleep at the wheel?

Defendant: No, I just closed my eyes to lubricate them. How would I drive if I were asleep?

Judge: Not very well, I suppose.

Overheard in court…

Attorney: So what happened in the accident?

Defendant: The car in front of me slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting an iguana.

Interpreter: The car in front of me slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting…(thinking iguana must be slang for something like a jersey barrier, a moped or a drug dealer!)…a what, sir?

Defendant: You know, an iguana!

Interpreter: (notices a drawing of a lizard on the police report) Oh, an actual iguana!

Overheard in court…

Judge: Is there anything you’d like to tell me about why you failed to appear for your last court date?

Defendant: I got hit in the face with a crowbar.

Overheard in court…

Judge: Is there anything you would like to tell me about the situation in which you were pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt?

Defendant: I forgot to put it on.