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This Half-Life mod ran the dialogue and signs through Google Translate until they became nonsenseWhy has Google Translate renamed Gordon to Cicero?
Why has Google Translate renamed Gordon to Cicero?
You know the cyberjape of running text back and forth through Google Translate in different languages until it comes out as wacky nonsense? Someone has done to thatHalf-Life. The new modHalf-Life: Google Translate Edition has garbled Valve’s game, from changing sign textures through to recording new lines of dialogue. I played a bit (and recorded a wee video) and yeah, I still find this old joke funny enough.
One scientist hanging with his pal in a corridor casually opines, “I don’t think we should hurt everyone.”
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From start (“Hi, welcome toBlack Mesa,” says the tram. “In the column, to ensure the safety and comfort of Black Mesa research center, the very personal in his hand”) to end (“Exposure to Cicero? I’ll go,” G-Man tells us), Google Translate Edition mangles a whole lot of game. I do not know how Gordon has been renamed Cicero but I’m here for it.
A few stray textures seem to show ye olde original text but I’ll forgive that when even the menu is a mess:
Before you go, the final screen of the game is…
Half-Life is currentlyfree to play in full on Steam(andHalf-Life 2, and the Episodes) ahead of the launch ofHalf-Life: Alyx.
