Lost in Translation

The middle daughter has broken away from the Huttonian family tradition of producung very serious books on various serious subjects (Middle East, Poetry, Environment, Cerebral Palsy) by writing a novel-psychological thriler no less. Lets have at it I hear you cry! You can-if you can read Dutch as although Mr Macmillan is publishing his Dutch friends have got there first with 'De Jaarlijst'See image above And the English edition is not available before May next year.

Can't wait until then? Well, neither could I so I put the publisher's blurb into a Dutch English on line translator and rather wished I hadn't as it was almost gibberish-a sort of Double Dutch, you might say.

To demonstrate: Here is the post so far in Dutch:

De middendochter heeft vanaf de Huttonian familietraditie van producung zeer ernstige boeken over diverse ernstige onderwerpen (het Middenoosten, Poëzie, Milieu, Hersenverlamming) door een nieuw-psychologische minder geen thriler te schrijven gebroken. Laat bij het hebben ik horen u schreeuwt! U kunnen-als u het Nederlands zoals kunt lezen hoewel M. Macmillan zijn Nederlandse vrienden publiceert hebt daar eerst met het ' hierboven beeld van DE Jaarlijst'See en de Engelse uitgave is niet beschikbaar volgend jaar vóór Mei. Kan tot toen wachten? Goed, konden geen van beiden ik zodat ik blurb van de uitgever in Nederlandse Engelsen op lijnvertaler zetten en wensten eerder dit ik niet aangezien het bijna een brabbeltaal- soort van het Dubbele Nederlands was had, zou u kunnen zeggen.

Put it back into English from the translated text above and Hey Presto you get:

The middendochter have as from the Huttonian family tradition of producung very serious book concerning several serious subjects (the Middenoosten, poëzie, environment, lord paralysis) by writing new-psychological less no thriler break. Lets at has I hear you shouts! You kunnen-als you Dutch such as can read although M. Macmillan is Dutch friends publishes have there firstly with above the picture of the Jaarlijst'See and the English expenditure is not next year available by May. Can wait to then? Well, were possible none of both I so that I put blurb of the editor in Dutch english on line translator and wished rather this I since it almost brabbeltaal - type of double Dutch was had, you are able say.

Me, I am going to wait until May after all

(Ik heb de Denkgroep van Hutton (Vertaalcentrum) geraadpleegd en zij gaan akkoord)

or, as we put it in the Merse :

I the Denkgroep of hut barrel* (Vertaalcentrum) have consulted and they go agreed

* Hutton Think Tank (Translation Centre)  ¶ 10:26 AM