How do I make Google Translate sing?

Bored? Looking for an excuse to procrastinate? Weve got you covered! These 8 brilliant Google Translate Sings music videos are guaranteed to brighten up your workday. Hopefully, theyll also make you think twice about using Google Translate for your business needs.

For Princesses of All Ages Google Translate Sings Let It Go

This is the first-ever GoogleTranslate Sings video, the one that started it all. The most memorable song from DisneysFrozen,mangled beyond recognition by machine translation. If youre not familiar with how Google Translate Sings works, heres a quick primer: Song lyrics are translated from English into multiple other languages using Google Translate. Then, the song is translated back to English, again using Google Translate, and Vassar student Malinda Kathleen Reese does her best to keep a straight face while singing the results.

In this case, Google Translate turns what should be an empowering song about embracing your own abilities into something more nihilistic: Give up! Give Up!

This one is perhaps best enjoyed afteryourlittle Disney princess is in bed, possibly with a glass or more of wine.

For 90s Children Collective Cadenzas Fresh Prince: Google Translated

Technically, this is not a Google Translate Sings video, since its performed by completely different people. But its the same concept: the lyrics to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song, translated into every language on Google Translate and then back into English.

In the TV series, Will Smith plays a good-hearted but street-smart teenager whose mother sends him away to live with relatives after he gets in a fight. Google Translates version has the character hitting his mother, kissing his cabdriver, and exclaiming I bring fear!

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For English Majors Google Translate Does Hamlet

Sure, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But the Bards verse would not sound as sweet in any other language, at least not with Google Translate as the translator.

Living or decomposing? It is a problem, just doesnt have the same ring to it as To be or not to be. That is the question.

For Classic Rock Fans: Google Translate Sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Google Translate does Freddie Mercurys already hard-to-follow lyrics no favors. In fact, about the only thing that Google Translate gets right in the entire 6-minute song is Galileo. This video will leave you with questions. So many questions. Questions like How did Goodbye, everybody turn into Zumba all? And why is the German so very angry? And perhaps most importantly, Why is it so very important to have one D?

Feeling Classy? Google Translate Sings The Phantom of the Opera

Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, turns into the Demon to the Opera in this remake courtesy of Google Translate. Even better, hes a cocky demon! Google Translate manages to capture the spirit of this video perfectly when it transforms the phrase strange duet into ridiculous unison.

Even If Youre Not a Miley Cyrus Fan: Google Translate Sings Wrecking Ball

Apparently, after a few turns through Google Translate, wrecking turns into sinking which turns into sink. As in: I like the ball in the sink.

For Burned Out Parents: Google Translate Sings Nursery Rhymes

Cant stand the thought of singing Mary Had a Little Lamb to your little lamb even one more time? Welcome to the twisted world of Google Translate nursery rhymes! Here, Marys little lamb has fleece thats white like an eyeball is, the Muffin Man is also known as man cakes and Baa Baa Black Sheep talks about canning a toddler.

Because a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Google Translate Sings Blank Space (featuring Google Images)

This Google Translate parody of Taylor Swifts Blank Space is illustrated by images plucked from a Google Image search of the translated lyrics. So, Got a long list of ex-lovers = adulterer with enthusiasm = Tiger Woods. Yep, that makes sense.

These videos are a fun way to kill some time, but they also highlight Google Translates main weakness: there is no human oversight. Without a human to catch mistakes, the songs meaning gets scrambled and eventually lost.

So, while Google Translate may seem like a convenient and free way to handle translation, you should not rely on it for situations where accuracy is important. Instead, choose a professional translation services provider who can give you an accurate translation.

Which video was your favorite? Let us know in the comments!