I tend to agree. When Latin translation was first introduced by Google in 2010, the first words of "lorem ipsum" then translated to "Hello World!"
I thought it was an Easter egg at the time, as that seems more specific to programming languages - something a developer might deliberately place in there.
Lorem
→ Product
Lorem ip
→ We recall
Lorem ips
→ IPS News
Lorem ipsu
→ Dummy Item
Lorem ipsum
→ Welcome
Lorem ipsum do
→ We give
Lorem ipsum dol
→ This mourning
Lorem ipsum dolor
→ Welcome
Lorem ipsum dolor s
→ The Pussycat Dolls
Lorem ipsum dolor si
→ Contact if
Lorem ipsum dolor sit ame
→ Welcome Home
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
→ Product Manager
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
→ This page is currently
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, c
→ This page is available
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
→ This page is half the battle
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit
→ This page is half the battle WIN!
The results are slightly different if you don't capitalize “Lorem”.
Edit: lipsum.com explains the source of the text; it is a slightly garbled fragment of a sentence from de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum by Cicero: “Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem” which translates as “Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure.”
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I tend to agree. When Latin translation was first introduced by Google in 2010, the first words of "lorem ipsum" then translated to "Hello World!"
I thought it was an Easter egg at the time, as that seems more specific to programming languages - something a developer might deliberately place in there.
It's even more amusing if you go to http://translate.google.com/#la/en/ and start slowly entering Lorem ipsum by hand. Highlights:
The results are slightly different if you don't capitalize “Lorem”.Edit: lipsum.com explains the source of the text; it is a slightly garbled fragment of a sentence from de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum by Cicero: “Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem” which translates as “Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure.”