Travel Bug Dog Tag Lost in Translation

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

To spice up your TB log by sending it through a language translator.

About This Item

replacement "Lost in Translation" TB

While it may have once been the paragon of creativity and inventiveness, the now-standard "Found it, will move along soon" bug-retrieval log has lost some of its zing through overuse. But what else is there to say, you ask? Just say the same old thing you always say, but first translate it into some other language and then back to English. It will suddenly sound much more interesting. "She did not find her that be soon move" (English to Turkish to English) has an urgent, mysterious quality, leaving us with many unanswered questions, while "That it is found; it moves eventually" (English to Japanese to English) compels us to develop a Zen-like patience regarding our travel bugs, and indeed, life in general.

To translate your log, you could use something like babelfish, or any of the many free translation sites listed at this site and pick any language you like. Or for a more wacky result, send it through a multi-language converter like lost in translation, which will send your text back and forth between English and several other languages, modifying it each step of the way. Pick whichever translation you like the best and use it in your bug-pickup log. Extra points if you can decipher the original text of the log before yours!

Original "Lost in Translation" TB, which went missing in 2009:
original

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Tracking History (4897.8mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/14/2007 Falach-fead placed it in Mt. Hanley School Nova Scotia, Canada - 10.2 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/9/2007 Falach-fead retrieved it from Evil With a Twist (Cache is locked must find Key) Nova Scotia, Canada   Visit Log

Lost in Translation was lost in the woods. Found near the river it will soon be found in a new cache.

Destroyed in translation in the one of the destroyed wood. With found near the river it soon finds it that in hiding of the new place.

Destroyed in translation in how much of the destroyed wood. With the extremity it found to the river that will find this soon, hiding the new station of the work.
Dropped Off 9/4/2007 FundyRocHound placed it in Evil With a Twist (Cache is locked must find Key) Nova Scotia, Canada - 36.6 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 8/25/2007 Vintor & Gert discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the Atlantic Geofest 2007 event.
Discovered It 8/25/2007 Geoscotians discovered it   Visit Log

I discovered the chain that was turned aside with a festival.
Discovered It 8/25/2007 El Nimrod discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the Blomiden Geofest Event
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/25/2007 FundyRocHound retrieved it from Atlantic Geofest 2007 - Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada   Visit Log

Retrieved from the Atlantic Geofest 2007-Blomidon will move along soon.

English - German
Zurückgeholt vom atlantischen Geofest 2007-Blomidon bewegt entlang bald.

German - English
Retrieved from the Atlantic geo celebration 2007-Blomidon wants move along soon.
Dropped Off 8/20/2007 vege placed it in Atlantic Geofest 2007 - Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada - 208.41 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/3/2007 vege retrieved it from Summerside Outdoor Library Prince Edward Island, Canada   Visit Log

English: Found bug in Summerside Outdoor Library cache on Prince Edward Island. I'll take it back to Nova Scotia with me.

To Japanese: Summerside ?????·?????·????????????????????????????????????????????????

Back to English: The insect where the hiding place of the outside library of the prince Edward island of Summerside is found. I take that in ?????? where I have been attached.
Dropped Off 8/3/2007 Sportsman01 placed it in Summerside Outdoor Library Prince Edward Island, Canada - 171.45 miles  Visit Log
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