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

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/20/2006 LandRocket retrieved it from Rock Paper Ammo Can Massachusetts   Visit Log

Will move this TB along soon.

LandRocket
(aka) RonRC46

  • Lost in Translation Lost in Translation
Dropped Off 5/9/2006 Revenge of the Den Leader placed it in Rock Paper Ammo Can Massachusetts - 5.09 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/1/2006 Revenge of the Den Leader retrieved it from Tri-Town Junction Massachusetts   Visit Log

gRABBED FROM tRITOWN
Dropped Off 4/10/2006 robsjohn placed it in Tri-Town Junction Massachusetts - 2.86 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/29/2006 robsjohn retrieved it from Return to Tradition #8: Henry's Hill Hybrid Massachusetts   Visit Log

Picked this up today...will have a different language translation after we drop off.
Dropped Off 3/24/2006 trainlove placed it in Return to Tradition #8: Henry's Hill Hybrid Massachusetts - 20.01 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/23/2006 trainlove retrieved it from Quinabumskit Massachusetts   Visit Log

How dare BlackStoneVal leave this TB in such a hard cache as this. Part 1 probably frustrates most all searchers but I found that easily last fall. Part 2 took a couple trips due to poor weather. But part 3/final is really really hard, taking me about 4 return trips. I'll put this TB in a more easily found cache soon.
Dropped Off 2/10/2006 BlackstoneVal placed it in Quinabumskit Massachusetts - 9.39 miles  Visit Log

QUINAPOXET, Worcester County - "at the place of the little long pond", or perhaps "the long swamp".
Nipmuc Place Names of New England

http://www.nativetech.org/Nipmuc/placenames/index.html

ASNEBUMSKIT
(still working on that translation)
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/10/2006 BlackstoneVal retrieved it from The Secret Garden Massachusetts   Visit Log

Sweet, The secret garden (English)
Søt, Hemmeligheten hage (Norgegian)
Sweet , The secret chin (and back)

using InterTran (www.tranexp.com)
Dropped Off 1/27/2006 mobdic placed it in The Secret Garden Massachusetts - 7.51 miles  Visit Log
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