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[ichini-san]

Ok here's the thing If you want to translate something on the internet via a translation site, you end up with a completely different text than you intended to have
for example:

My name is jasper and I want to live and work in Japan someday, but first I need to finish my English teacher course.

now if I run this trough a translation sit I get this:

私の名前は碧玉であり、私は日本でいつの日か住み、働きたいと思うが最初に私の英語の先生のコースを終える必要がある。

(you need japanese fonts installed to read this)
It says something like this:

My name is the jasper, I to work live, in Japan some day would like but it is necessary first to finish the course of my English teacher.

I think it is rather funny because if you je keep translating you're text over and over you will end up with a ridiculous text
I used this site: http://babelfish.altavista.com/

but what do you think are translation sites funny or do they actually help?