Google Translate Can Now Sing to You in Japanese, Sort Of

Japan is often hailed as the world headquarters of cute pop culture and the Internet memes they generate, but a new online trick brings the Japanese cute to anyone with a computer and access to Google Translate

Recently popularized by a number of Japanese bloggers, this Google Translate surprise hinges on the unique way in which the word "dot" is spoken in Japanese: dotto

What Google Translate experimenters found out is that if you type a series of periods in English, select the "Japanese to English" setting, and then click "Listen" you are treated to a surprisingly rhythmic and almost mesmerizing sound that could be mistaken for an actual tune Read more...