Hello!

A deputation that included an American Senator was proudly led to a
demonstration of a translation program. The Senator suggested a phrase
to be translated, "Out of sight, out of mind". The machine printed
Chinese characters and these were then entered into the machine to be
translated back to English. The visitors were all astonished when the
machine printed the phrase "invisible idiot" on the paper.
  -- Carl Sagan, "The Dragons of Eden"

I always back-translate email messages before I send the translated
version.  Could Google make the back-translation automatic?  I'm sure
it would lead to better translations and probably some hilarity.

Thanks!

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