Since using this tool in my last project, I have become fascinated by the possibilities it allows, I was thinking about using the tool to create a piece of music, that in itself uses source words relating to the piece. We could create a track that was used as basis for creating a movement piece, comment on societies use of language, we could create a monotone dialogue of different languages. Have a play with the tool if you get a chance, comment with some words and what languages they sound interesting in, so far my favourites are the languages that aren't in anyway Western based languages, for example Macedonian, Japanese, Chinese and Swahilli.
http://translate.google.com/
'Seeing isn't always believing' - translated to Greek (keeping to the Greek mythology idea) sounds good. I imagine it on a loop.
ReplyDelete'spin out the thread of his future follow his steps and direct the consequences of his actions' - translated to Welsh sounds really abstract and robotic.
It's really strange as Google Translate sometimes sounds really nice but then can sound quite harsh, I guess it depends on what sort of soundscape you are wanting to create, as to what language you would use.
Also, I find it annoying that it always talks so fast, so maybe Martyn could show us how we could take the sound bites and change the speed and tone etc? And creating a track with them. Maybe a possibility in the workshop Martyn?