Nerdy Translator Fun Fact

Something that made my school reading more pleasurable and had me laughing for a few minutes:

When asked to translate the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind", a computer in Japan came out with a phrase that meant "Confined to an insane asylum". It actually makes sense when you think about it :-)).

From Gregory Rabasa, No Two Snowflakes Are Alike

This is even better than the by now famous Google translation of "viejo verde" - "green old man". In fact, "viejo verde" is the Spanish term for "pervert".